Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe Siècle

Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe Siècle

This article aims to outline the major common features which characterize the relations between traditional authorities and state in West Africa. The article analyses two actual case-studies. The first focuses on the position adopted and the initiatives taken by traditional authorities in South-West...

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Main Author: Claude-Hélène Perrot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2009-07-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cea/179
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spelling doaj-48086d73c0494006a2bb700a72629a702020-11-24T21:28:22ZengInstituto Universitário de LisboaCadernos de Estudos Africanos1645-37942009-07-0116153310.4000/cea.179Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe SiècleClaude-Hélène PerrotThis article aims to outline the major common features which characterize the relations between traditional authorities and state in West Africa. The article analyses two actual case-studies. The first focuses on the position adopted and the initiatives taken by traditional authorities in South-Western Ivory Coast, in the face of the crises affecting the country. The second analyses the role of royal history in national memory, based on the case of the commemoration of the centenary of the death of king Gbehanzin in Benin, in December 2006. The article also questions the role of historians in this context.http://journals.openedition.org/cea/179
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Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe Siècle
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title Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe Siècle
title_short Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe Siècle
title_full Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe Siècle
title_fullStr Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe Siècle
title_full_unstemmed Les autorités traditionnelles et l’État moderne en Afrique Subsaharienne au début du XXIe Siècle
title_sort les autorités traditionnelles et l’état moderne en afrique subsaharienne au début du xxie siècle
publisher Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
series Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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publishDate 2009-07-01
description This article aims to outline the major common features which characterize the relations between traditional authorities and state in West Africa. The article analyses two actual case-studies. The first focuses on the position adopted and the initiatives taken by traditional authorities in South-Western Ivory Coast, in the face of the crises affecting the country. The second analyses the role of royal history in national memory, based on the case of the commemoration of the centenary of the death of king Gbehanzin in Benin, in December 2006. The article also questions the role of historians in this context.
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