2001
DOI: 10.3917/polaf.082.0119
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La figure du chasseur et les chasseurs-miliciens dans le conflit sierra-léonais

Abstract: Dans la guerre civile sierra-leonaise, une figure de l’homme en armes a souvent retenu l’attention: celle du chasseur-milicien « kamajô ». Cet article retrace la généalogie de ces chasseurs-miliciens perçus tantôt comme des héros populistes secourant des villageois assiégés, tantôt comme des fauteurs de guerre. Contre l’image de chasseurs mendé « traditionnels », puisant dans l’histoire rurale pour faire face à la crise, il montre que cette figure relève d’une tradition urbaine, inventée par d’habiles courtier… Show more

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“…Literature from western Burkina Faso, Mali, and northern Côte d’Ivoire shows that the hunters are generally farmers (Ferrarini 2014, 2016; Hellweg 2011; Kedzierska-Manzon 2014). Hunters of the brotherhood often wear a special smock or shirt, which is washed in protective potions and draped with amulets, such as small mirrors and magical objects wrapped in leather (McNaughton 1982; Hellweg 2011; Ferme 2001; Ferrarini 2014). Other typical accessories in Côte d’Ivoire may include a pipe, a pointed hat, and a rifle—often a 12-gauge shotgun (Hellweg 2011).…”
Section: Mande Hunters In the West African Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Literature from western Burkina Faso, Mali, and northern Côte d’Ivoire shows that the hunters are generally farmers (Ferrarini 2014, 2016; Hellweg 2011; Kedzierska-Manzon 2014). Hunters of the brotherhood often wear a special smock or shirt, which is washed in protective potions and draped with amulets, such as small mirrors and magical objects wrapped in leather (McNaughton 1982; Hellweg 2011; Ferme 2001; Ferrarini 2014). Other typical accessories in Côte d’Ivoire may include a pipe, a pointed hat, and a rifle—often a 12-gauge shotgun (Hellweg 2011).…”
Section: Mande Hunters In the West African Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The same was true for Sierra Leone at the beginning of the civil war, when the army recruited hunters as guides. However, when the national armed forces failed to provide security for the population as the war progressed, Mende kamajors and Kuranko tamaboros (both Mande hunters) developed into a civil defense force (Ferme 2001; Leach 2000; Peters 2011). Some of these self-defense groups had a closer relationship with the state, while the relationship of other groups was more distant.…”
Section: Mande Hunters In the West African Contextmentioning
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“…Le rôle des milices de chasseurs en Afrique de l'Ouest a fait l'objet d'un certain nombre de publications (Ferme 2001 . Si la scène de la révélation, le récit de formation de maître en maître sont des plus conventionnels 40 , les réaménagements de la tradition religieuse opérés ici le sont beaucoup moins.…”
Section: Sitane (Satan) : L'universalité De La Coutume Bamananunclassified
“…Across West Africa, they hunt to add meat to a diet composed mostly of grains and tubers. In Sierra Leone, hunters who call themselves kamajors also took part in their country's civil war (Ferme 2001a;Ferme 2001b;Ferme and Hoffman 2004).…”
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confidence: 99%