Politicians of the Sacred Grove: Citizenship and Ethnicity in Southern Senegal

Jong, Ferdinand de

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“…The traditions of these ethnic groups are marked as constituents of relative difference. Such traditions are therefore to be maintained as "folklore," and to be performed at festivals (Mark 1994;de Jong 1999). In Senegal, such canonisation of custom inscribes itself in a nationalist discourse that is the intellectual legacy of Léopold Sédar Senghor and Cheikh Anta Diop.…”

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“…By assuming the role of Serer, he assured that he was seen as a trustworthy ally. Like politicians, the Governor presented himself at this ritual to create a sense of conviviality ( de Jong 2002). 4 Governor Sarr explored the joking relationship as a means of promoting allegiance to the national administration.…”

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“…But the theory of the joking relation as employed by the politicians and peace brokers is ambivalent about the civic status of the joking partners. It conceptualises the joking partners both as ethnic subjects and Senegalese citizens (see De Jong 2002;Mamdani 1996). However, it needs to be emphasised that the Senegalese State recognises ethnicity in a tacit way only (Diouf 2004).…”

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A Joking Nation: Conflict Resolution in Senegal

Jong¹

2005

Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des étud

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Le conflit qui oppose le Mouvement des forces démocratiques de Casamance et l'État sénégalais a fait l'objet de médiation par diverses institutions, chacune ayant pour but de mettre fin au conflit. Cet article porte sur l'une de ces interventions qui se prétend issue de la tradition de la parenté à plaisanterie entre les Diolas et les Sérères. Il examine comment la parenté à plaisanterie entre les Jolas et les Sérères devient "instrumentalisée" en tant que méthode de gestion du conflit armé. L'article montre comment une pratique culturelle est transformée pour devenir un instrument de politique et donc, comment la tradition devient politisée. En passant, l'auteur montre qui la logique de l'instrumentalisation s'inscrit dans un imaginaire sénégalais portant sûr l'état-nation. L'action inscrit le conflit dans un discours nationaliste et fait l'impasse sur l'économie politique qui est au fond du conflit. Il s'agit donc d'une contribution au débat actuel sur la résolution autochtone des conflits. Les méthodes traditionnelles de résolution des conflits ne devraient pas être comprises en tant que tradition a-historique mais plutôt en tant que geste de ré-interpréta-tion du conflit par les organisations non-gouvernementales et l'État. 391This article is based on fifteen months fieldwork that took place in 1994 and 1995 and on subsequent visits

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A Joking Nation: Conflict Resolution in Senegal

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2005

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“…While very fine ethnographies situated in face-to-face societies are still being produced (Schloss 1988), the majority of scholars working in Casamance now take wider contexts into consideration. The historicity of Jola modes of production (Linares 1992), religion (Baum 1999), and performance (Mark 1994;De Jong 1999) have now been fully acknowledged. And the ways in which the Jola contribute to the making of their own history are also accounted for.…”

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“…Although identities in this region have always shifted (Mark 2002), the current political process is indeed shot through with primary patriotism (Geschiere and Gugler 2000). Jola politicians and their electorate often play the ethnic card (De Jong 2002). Due to the ethnicization of the political process, ethnic "traditions" are increasingly mobilised as interfaces between Jola society and the state.…”

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