RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTION

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Autor(a) principal: Baum,Robert
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: Abstract This article examines the root causes of the Casamance conflict, focusing on issues related to the religious significance of the land. Understanding this dimension of the conflict is essential for the achievement of a peaceful settlement. It begins with a brief discussion of geographical, historical, cultural, and political factors. While rejecting a sectarian approach to religious aspects of Diola secessionism, I examine religious dimensions of land, property rights, and conflicts over the land. These became particularly intense after the abrogation of Diola property law in 1978 and the nationalization of land throughout Senegal. This threatened a sense of Diola autonomy as well the religious basis of understanding Diola property law and conflict resolution. The article concludes with a discussion of some of the difficulties of incorporating Diola land law into a local Casamance legal process.
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spelling RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTIONDiola (Joola)property lawreligion and land lawSenegalland nationalizationCasamance secessionismAbstract This article examines the root causes of the Casamance conflict, focusing on issues related to the religious significance of the land. Understanding this dimension of the conflict is essential for the achievement of a peaceful settlement. It begins with a brief discussion of geographical, historical, cultural, and political factors. While rejecting a sectarian approach to religious aspects of Diola secessionism, I examine religious dimensions of land, property rights, and conflicts over the land. These became particularly intense after the abrogation of Diola property law in 1978 and the nationalization of land throughout Senegal. This threatened a sense of Diola autonomy as well the religious basis of understanding Diola property law and conflict resolution. The article concludes with a discussion of some of the difficulties of incorporating Diola land law into a local Casamance legal process.Centro de Estudos Internacionais do ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa2021-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-37942021000200233Cadernos de Estudos Africanos n.42 2021reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-37942021000200233Baum,Robertinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T17:17:04Zoai:scielo:S1645-37942021000200233Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:25:48.697176Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTION
spellingShingle RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTION
Baum,Robert
Diola (Joola)
property law
religion and land law
Senegal
land nationalization
Casamance secessionism
title_short RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTION
title_full RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTION
title_fullStr RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTION
title_full_unstemmed RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTION
title_sort RELIGIOUS ROOTS OF THE CASAMANCE CONFLICT AND FINDING A PATH TOWARDS ITS RESOLUTION
author Baum,Robert
author_facet Baum,Robert
author_role author
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Diola (Joola)
property law
religion and land law
Senegal
land nationalization
Casamance secessionism
topic Diola (Joola)
property law
religion and land law
Senegal
land nationalization
Casamance secessionism
description Abstract This article examines the root causes of the Casamance conflict, focusing on issues related to the religious significance of the land. Understanding this dimension of the conflict is essential for the achievement of a peaceful settlement. It begins with a brief discussion of geographical, historical, cultural, and political factors. While rejecting a sectarian approach to religious aspects of Diola secessionism, I examine religious dimensions of land, property rights, and conflicts over the land. These became particularly intense after the abrogation of Diola property law in 1978 and the nationalization of land throughout Senegal. This threatened a sense of Diola autonomy as well the religious basis of understanding Diola property law and conflict resolution. The article concludes with a discussion of some of the difficulties of incorporating Diola land law into a local Casamance legal process.
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