"Africa and the sacred" in debate

A host of Moroccan and foreign intellectuals, historians, and academics debated Sunday, within the framework of the Fes Forum "a soul for globalisation", the relationships of art in Africa to the sacred.During this meeting focused on the theme "Africa and the sacred", the participants emphasised the various forms of religious and spiritual traditions in Africa, stressing that such secular traditions constituted the foundation of communities.They also highlighted the creation in Rabat of the Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute dedicated to university training in theology in French open to ecumenism and cultural and Islamic dialogue, stressing that this institute perfectly illustrates that Morocco is a country of openness and intercultural and inter-religious dialogue.Speaking on this occasion, the French researcher and historian, Marguerite Sabran, indicated that traditional art objects fro…