2004
DOI: 10.3917/autr.030.0135
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Les frontières de l'orpaillage en Afrique occidentale

Abstract: Résumé L’article explore la situation de frontière pionnière mise en place par des orpailleurs en Afrique de l’Ouest. Depuis les années 80, la vague de l’orpaillage liée à la mise en valeur des nouveaux gisements ou la revalorisation des anciens sites d’or, permet d’observer l’émergence d’une culture des camps miniers itinérants. Selon l’état des ressources, les orpailleurs ainsi que les commerçants qui leur sont associés se déplacent d’un site à l’autre, établissant en permanence des nouveaux campements, tran… Show more

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“…Pijpers (2014) recently confirmed this observation, drawing attention to the existence of lease arrangements between farmers and miners in sub-Saharan Africa. In their ethnographic explorations of the west-African mining frontier, Grätz (2004), Werthmann (2009) and Mégret (2011) draw attention to the negotiated nature of ASM-sites, and provide an initial mapping of negotiation patterns between migrant miners and local settler communities. For one, the development of an artisanal mining site often has a phased nature.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pijpers (2014) recently confirmed this observation, drawing attention to the existence of lease arrangements between farmers and miners in sub-Saharan Africa. In their ethnographic explorations of the west-African mining frontier, Grätz (2004), Werthmann (2009) and Mégret (2011) draw attention to the negotiated nature of ASM-sites, and provide an initial mapping of negotiation patterns between migrant miners and local settler communities. For one, the development of an artisanal mining site often has a phased nature.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ces ruées sont associées à des mobilités à longue distance qui transcendent les difficultés de communication et les frontières, n'hésitant pas à parcourir des milliers de kilomètres, du Soudan à l'Afrique de l'Ouest par exemple. Les mineurs franchissent les frontières au gré des découvertes de gisements et des possibilités locales d'exploitation, mais jouent parfois avec les frontières en fonction de l'attitude plus ou moins répressive des autorités [Grätz & Marchal, 2003, Grätz 2004, Bolay 2016, Gagnol & Grégoire 2017.…”
Section: Boom Extractif Et Ruées Vers L'or Sahélo-sahariennesunclassified
“…In Burkina Faso, the migratory movement started in 1974 (Carbonnel , p.125). Young migrant gold‐seekers left the Sahel together with trading communities, and developed a network of itinerant mining camps across the country and even beyond national borders (Grätz , p.148). For Burkina Faso, this new way of life spread and extended rapidly to new regions.…”
Section: Appearance and Multiplication Of Itinerant Mining Campsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Grätz (, p.137) noted the following typical features: the mass translocal migration to rural areas; the rapid economic transformation of the host regions which were only partially integrated into the market economy, and the development of interstitial spaces of social change and political competition. It is that last feature, focusing on control over access to resources, which will in particular command our attention.…”
Section: Appearance and Multiplication Of Itinerant Mining Campsmentioning
confidence: 99%