A travers l’observation de l’inscription de la mémoire coloniale dans l’espace public des villes antillaises et guyanaises (1998-2020) montre la difficulté à construire une mémoire collective acceptée de tous. Comment traiter par exemple Napoléon Ier qui est considéré comme un grand homme politique en France continentale, alors qu’il est celui, à la suite d’une première abolition (1794), qui a restauré l’esclavage en 1802 en Guadeloupe et en Guyane ?

Toutefois, cette appropriation ou réappropriation de la mémoire par les Afro-descendants, en tant qu’éléments de construction identitaire, a des limites. Ce dont il s’agit de démontrer à travers cette proposition de communication.

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As part of the Thursday lectures, Jean Moomou, University Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, will give a lecture entitled "Discordance of colonial memory in the public space: the limits of decolonial thought".

Organized by the University of Guyana's Culture Commission and the MINEA laboratory, the lecture will take place on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in Amphitheater A.

Through the observation of the inscription of the colonial memory in the public space of the West Indian and Guyanese cities (1998-2020) shows the difficulty to build a collective memory accepted by all. For example, how can we deal with Napoleon I, who is considered a great politician in continental France, when he was the one who restored slavery in Guadeloupe and French Guiana in 1802, following the first abolition (1794)?

However, this appropriation or reappropriation of memory by Afro-descendants, as an element of identity construction, has its limits. This is what we want to demonstrate through this communication proposal.

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