الحواضر العلمية و دورها في الحفاظ على المرجعية الدينية بمنطقة الساحل الإفريقي

Abstract EN

In the Modern era, the African Sahel region represented a crossroad of cities, cultures and languages.

It was also a bridge of communication between the Arabian and the African civilizations thanks to the scientific cities which were widespread in the region.

These cities contributed in the preservation of the identity and the position of the African Sahel among the neighbouring cities through the friendly relationships between them.

At that period, various factors made the Sahel region a strategic location that embodies the connection between many people and cities.

However, the colonialization fought these cities, which were the center of the religious references.

This resulted in struggles between ideologies and ethnicities.

This study aims at demonstrating the importance of these scientific cities and their role in preserving the religious references in the region, and how they resisted extremism and the challenges imposed by the colonialization.