L’Afrique dans le psautier et le psautier en Afrique : éléments littéraires et théologiques, appropriation contextuelle et culturelle

As the Word of God and although being the prayer book of Israel, the Psalter cannot be confined in an exclusive geographical-socio-historical space. It is the prayer of the man of all times and all places. It is in this sense that it is appropriate to speak of Africa in the Psalter and of the Psalter in Africa. This article therefore aims to show that Africa is no stranger to the Psalter. It is mentioned there explicitly and implicitly. Egypt and Ethiopia are mentioned several times in the psalms. Moreover, by summoning peoples and nations into the procession of the worshipers of God, the Psalter also obviously speaks of peoples and nations of Africa. This implies a universal way of reading the psalms and understanding them within several contexts. Despite the temporal and spatial distance of these texts, their socio-religious proximity and their plural relevance in the existential context of African praying communities are quite evident.