Concealing Authority: Diola priests and other leaders in the French search for a suitable chefferie in colonial Senegal

This article aims to explain the complexity of the relationship between Diola (or Joola) chiefs and the French colonial administration. After presenting the general Diola context, the author focalizes in Diola-Esulaalu and Diola-Huluf populations, both south of the Casamance River. In this area, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert M. Baum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2009-07-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cea/181