Sara Daas, Otherness in Tunisia: black minority’s forgotten identities
Incipit: Black Tunisians account for the 10% to 15% of Tunisian population, according to the last surveys (Grewal 2018). This uncertainty concerning the current presence of blacks results from current Tunisian census modes, which do not include skin color as a factor; moreover, the total lack of diachronic statistical accounts makes it hard to trace a chronological development of black people presence in Tunisia. Data about the geographical distribution across the country are also poor, although historically the black community in South Tunisia has been always more consistent than in the North, particularly in the regions around Sfax, Gabes, Douz, Kebili, Djerid, Médenine and Tataouine (Abdelhamid 2018).
