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Mythe et histoire dans la vie de Kaañ Fay du Cangin (Sénégal)

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ID3665130
AuthorsOusseynou Faye (corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume34
Issue136
Pages613-637
Publication date1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/cea.1994.1477
OpenAlexW1991107450
LanguageFR
Citations received2

O. Faye-Myth and History in Kaah Fay's Life (Cangin, Senegal). Just to the west of the center of the Senegambian region, the Cangin area has long been overlooked. As of the 1850s, the struggle against French colonial domination assumed many forms there, at first classical armed confrontation and then a sort of Robin-Hoodism. Kaan Fay, a leading actor in this resistance, is presented as a miraculous being at birth who is crowned with glory during his youth and adulthood, or as a dignitary who fiercely opposed colonial subjugation of his territory. The reconstituted biography sheds light on the sway of myth in the Senegambian mentality and shows how hard it is to follow the evolution of the saafi lineage societies

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Biography · Colonialism · Genealogy · Glory · Humanities · Literature · Mythology · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Ethnography · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · History

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,07
Citation span1999 - 2007 (9)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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