L'aventure contemporaine des diamantaires sénégalais

Bibliographic Data

ID4936094
AuthorsSylvie Bredeloup (corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume56
Issue1
Pages77-93
Publication date1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitique africaine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0244-7827 • E-ISSN: 2264-5047
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/polaf.1994.5823
OpenAlexW2482256306
LanguageFR
Citations received11

The Senegalese diamond merchants' contemporary adventure. For the Senegalese diamond dealing is not new even if they don't stand on the forefront. Their experience, though individual, draws on the pulaar oral tradition and drives them to the Central African Republic to Congo or Zaère. Despite the existence of family and integration political strategies in host countries, they are often deported during xenophobic upsurges. With these development, family mobilization is as much necessary to penetrate local networks as to manage for the best the capital brought back to the country. Back to Senegal, those who did well, take responsibilities within associations or political charges to go into business

Adventure · Archaeology · Business · Business administration · Community mobilization · Economics · Economy · Family business · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Republic · African history and culture studies · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · History · Law

Tools

Open DOI