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This research aims to give an overview of the concept of Africanism and the intellectual premises of Africanists in the study of the cultures, religions, and languages of the peoples of sub- Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on the preference to use it instead of Orientalism, singular or additive. When comes to research during colonization and the history of Islam in the region. Moreover, the study shows the great interest that the West gives to Islam in African societies due to the vital role that religions play in the fields of life socially, politically, and economically in the current time and in the days to come. The study focuses on the attitudes of Africanism French schools about Islam and Christianity, and the effects of that with regards to having visions and perceptions about African societies, and in the policy of managing Islamic affairs during colonization, and the reflection of all of that in directing religious life in Cote d’Ivoire after independence until today, especially what affects the family system and Islamic education. The study concludes with a call to return to Africanism to serve the present and the future of the African continent at all levels.
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