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Addis Ababa
Conference, symposium - Religion
The Roles and Values of Menzuma : Islamic panegyrics in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa
The songs of praise called menzuma, sung by a soloist accompanied by a choir and percussion are popular all over the Muslim areas of Ethiopia where the practice of Sufi Islam is still well rooted. The purposes of this workshop are many : to study Menzuma genre from different perspectives and in the different languages in which it is performed ; to study the role of Menzuma as a social performance in public or private spheres ; to understand the relations between the oral performance and the written text of Menzuma ; to explore the different levels of significance of Menzuma texts, i.e. Religious, moral, historical, artistic, etc. ; to observe the circulation, exchange and transformations of Menzuma among different societies of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. -
Paris
Ces journées, organisées par les professeurs Jacques-Noël Peres (ELCOA - Theologicum) et Ursula Schattner-Rieser (ELCOA - Theologicum, EPHE), sont placées sous la présidence d'honneur de S.A.I. Dr Asfa Wossen Asserate, prince d'Éthiopie. Dans le cadre de l'ISEO de l'Institut catholique de Paris, où dialogue les diverses églises chrétiennes, il s’agit de comprendre les enjeux auxquels ont été et sont encore confrontés les chrétiens d'Éthiopie, et le rôle qu'ils ont à jouer au XXIe siècle.
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