Le patrimoine documentaire sénégalais à l’épreuve des violences politiques : diagnostic d’une catastrophe patrimoniale

Documentary heritage, like other tangible or intangible assets built up over generations and left by ancestors, must be safeguarded and valued. This assertion is even more valid when it comes to a country that can experience very violent political unrest. To tell the truth, these whiffs of concern can be explained by the fact that the history of humanity is full of violent moments that have caused disasters of all kinds, especially documentaries. ThepoliticalcrisesthathaveoccurredinSenegalshowthatthiscountryisnotimmunetoadocumentarycatastrophe;Andthisfortworeasons.Ontheonehand,thedemonstratorsneverallowthemselvestheluxuryofputtingthingsinperspectiveinordertosparethegeneralinterest.Ontheotherhand,alackofpoliticalwillhasdeprivedSenegal,sinceindependence,ofinfrastructuresthatmeetinternationalstandardsandthatwouldmakeitpossibletosecureitsdocumentaryheritageinallitsdiversityKEYWORDS:Archives;Documentaryheritage;Politicalviolence;Heritagedisaster.