This article examines the origins and development of colonial Franco-Muslim education, with specific reference to the Médersa of Saint-Louis in Senegal. Often described as a failed experiment on the part of the French administration, the médersa nevertheless marked the first effort to “modernize” Islamic education in West Africa. This article argues that the médersa evolved, and eventually closed, in tandem with local engagement and the establishment of the racist idea of islam noir. It also highlights the role of Algerians and the Algerian médersa system in West Africa to argue for the importance of a trans-Saharan approach to Islamic education in the colonial period.

本文考察了殖民地的法语-穆斯林教育的起源和发展，并特别提到了塞内加尔的圣路易·梅德萨。尽管经常被法国政府描述为一次失败的实验，但梅代萨仍然标志着西非伊斯兰教育“现代化”的首次努力。本文认为，梅德萨人是随着当地的参与和对黑人伊斯兰教的种族主义观念的建立而演变并最终封闭的。它还强调了阿尔及利亚人和西非的阿尔及利亚门德教系统在争夺殖民时期采用撒哈拉以南的方式进行伊斯兰教育的重要性。