“THE FLAG STILL STANDS!” THE POLITICAL RECONVERSION OF THE INTERNALLY EXILED INDEPENDENTISTS OF CASAMANCE

Authors

  • Mathilde LEYENDECKER Graduate, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University, France. Email: mathilde.leyendecker@yahoo.fr.
  • Sergiu MIȘCOIU Professor Habil. PhD, Faculty of European Studies, Babes‐Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: miscoiu.sergiu@ubbcluj.ro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3148-8817

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeuropaea.2019.2.08

Keywords:

militancy, political careers, identity, veterans, veterans, peace mechanisms

Abstract

The article analyses the different trajectories of former combatants of the Mouvement des Forces Democratiques de Casamance (MFDC) in southern Senegal, focusing on the political prosecution of the armed struggle. If the independence demand is often present in their speech, it takes different forms and allows them to enter the local political life or become agents of the peace process. It is about trying to understand the motivations of actors and contextualize them in order to identify the mechanisms that lead to long-term dialogue and conflict resolution.

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2019-12-30

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LEYENDECKER, M. ., & MIȘCOIU, S. (2019). “THE FLAG STILL STANDS!” THE POLITICAL RECONVERSION OF THE INTERNALLY EXILED INDEPENDENTISTS OF CASAMANCE. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Studia Europaea, 64(2), 193–209. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeuropaea.2019.2.08

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