Paper short abstract:

This article aims to reflect in this context of postcolonial transformation on the presence of researchers from French-speaking Africa and especially from Côte d'Ivoire, in the debate on the tourist experience and the attractiveness of memorial sites by resorting to multidisciplinary approaches.

Paper long abstract:

Decolonial and postcolonial transformations and assertions lead to a reinterpretation, a reappropriation of cultural heritage and to socio-political mutations. Tourism and memory are both inseparable elements of the urban environment and must be taken into account. Furthermore, as a tool and object of urban identity, discourse or narrative gives vitality to places, sites, monuments, etc. Thus, the tourist experience and the attractiveness of memorial sites, unlike postcolonial transformation (which has been extensively investigated), remain largely uninvestigated in the academic world in Africa; the French-speaking part of the continent seems to be absent from this debate. The French-speaking part of the continent seems to be absent from this debate. The small number of works from English- and Arabic-speaking Africa is noted in this regard.

This article aims to reflect in this context of postcolonial transformation on the presence of researchers from French-speaking Africa and especially from Côte d'Ivoire, in the debate on the tourist experience and the attractiveness of memorial sites by resorting to other multidisciplinary approaches (urban studies, tourism, memory studies, postcolonial studies). It allows us to understand the relevance of a presence that would contribute to building new knowledge and narratives.

Our proposal is based on 20 scientific contributions in urban and tourism studies, as well as a heuristic approach.

Keywords

decolonial, poscolonial , memorials sites, Côte d’Ivoire, tourism