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Par la comparaison de deux événements sportifs internationaux dans le contexte tunisien des débuts du xxie siècle (la compétition régionale des Jeux méditerranéens de septembre 2001 et le tournoi continental de la Coupe d'Afrique des nations de football de janvier-février 2004), cet article éclaire les enjeux récents et actuels des usages politiques du passé. Il apparaît que la mise en scène dans l'espace sportif des rapports entre l'histoire politique immédiate et l'histoire longue a pour objectif premier de promouvoir le régime en place aux échelles nationale et internationale. En replaçant l'analyse dans le contexte de l'évolution politique de la Tunisie postcoloniale, l'étude montre comment l'impact médiatique croissant du sport-spectacle est mis au service du nationalisme endogène, de l'idéologie étatique et, plus encore, du dirigeant autoritaire. Au-delà de l'évidente continuité dans l'instrumentalisation du sport à des fins politiques et idéologiques, c'est la (re)construction de l'imaginaire identitaire des États-nations postcoloniaux qui est mise en exergue.

The image that Maghreban construct of North Africa is a little investigated subject. This study examines the question of Maghreban imaginaire from a South-South perspective on the basis of a systematic analysis of a corpus of twelve school history textbooks published in Tunisia between 1956 & 2005. This approach implicitly echoes current French debates on the way colonial history is presented to younger generations. It also attends to grasp the meaning of the various categories which are Maghreb, North Africa, the Muslim West, the south of the Mediterranean, etc., from an endogenous standpoint. The Maghreb is presented as a political rather than a cultural concept. This makes the North African space difficult to grasp, as it has multiple, sometimes even contradictory representations. One of the evolutions evidenced is that since "the death of Arab nationalist ideology," the "Mediterranean Maghreb" paradigm is now far from being the mobilizing myth shared by all Maghreban populations. Adapted from the source document.

By comparing two international sporting events in the context of Tunisia at the beginning of the 21st century (the regional competition of the Mediterranean Games in September 2001 & the continental tournament of the Africa Cup in 2004), this article clarifies recent & current issues of political use of the past. It appears that the setting of sporting event reports between immediate political history & long history aims at promoting the current government, both nationally & internationally. In replacing the analysis in the context of political evolution in post-colonial Tunisia, the study shows how the increasing media impact of sporting events is used by endogen nationalism, official ideology, & even more so by authoritarian leaders. Beyond the continuous evidence of the exploitation of sporting events for political & ideological ends, it emphasizes the rebuilding of the imaginary identities of post-colonial nation-states. Adapted from the source document.