La sensibilité des sociétés akan du sud-est de la Côte d'Ivoire aux fluctuations démographiques - article ; n°105 ; vol.27, pg 167-175

Claude-Hélène Perrot

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Cahiers d'études africaines - Année 1987 - Volume 27 - Numéro 105 - Pages 167-175
C.-H. Perrot — The Influence of Demographie Fluctuations on the Akan Societies of South-Eastern Ivory Coast.
Should oral sources be abandonned in the seareh for information on population history, despite the lack of numerical data before the 20th century? The way in which African societies are nowadays affected by demographie fluctuations encourages to look for the traces left by those of the past. In the case of the Anyi-Ndenye (Ivory Coast), ritual practice and the 'reign names' given to the 'men's gatherers' and to the authors of a settlement policy refer to periods of demographie growth. The traces left by demographie crises are however the most significant. Confronted to such crises, the society turned to anti-witcheraft practices (and this long before contemporary movements of a similar nature) or even adopted foreign cuits—as local customs proved unable to fulfill their role in protecting society and consoli-dating the lineage human strength. On the other hand, it is essential to carefully integrate into the historical corpus and interpret magieo-religious events referring to corrupted spirits entering into an alliance with the witches and killing villagers during the night without being seen. Indications of this type make it possible to draw the demographie pieture of Ndenye during the i8th and igth centuries and to trace the main Unes of its transformation.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: CAHIERS_D-ETUDES_AFRICAINES
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1987
• Nombre de lectures: 23
• Langue: Français

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Madame Claude-Hélène Perrot

La sensibilité des sociétés akan du sud-est de la Côte d'Ivoire

aux fluctuations démographiques

In: Cahiers d'études africaines. Vol. 27 N°105-106. 1987. Démographie historique. pp. 167-175.

Abstract

C.-H. Perrot — The Influence of Demographie Fluctuations on the Akan Societies of South-Eastern Ivory Coast.

Should oral sources be abandonned in the seareh for information on population history, despite the lack of numerical data before

the 20th century? The way in which African societies are nowadays affected by demographie fluctuations encourages to look for

the traces left by those of the past. In the case of the Anyi-Ndenye (Ivory Coast), ritual practice and the 'reign names' given to the

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demographie crises are however the most significant. Confronted to such crises, the society turned to anti-witcheraft practices

(and this long before contemporary movements of a similar nature) or even adopted foreign cuits—as local customs proved

unable to fulfill their role in protecting society and consoli-dating the lineage human strength. On the other hand, it is essential to

carefully integrate into the historical corpus and interpret magieo-religious events referring to corrupted spirits entering into an

alliance with the witches and killing villagers during the night without being seen. Indications of this type make it possible to draw

the demographie pieture of Ndenye during the i8th and igth centuries and to trace the main Unes of its transformation.

Citer ce document / Cite this document :

Perrot Claude-Hélène. La sensibilité des sociétés akan du sud-est de la Côte d'Ivoire aux fluctuations démographiques. In:

Cahiers d'études africaines. Vol. 27 N°105-106. 1987. Démographie historique. pp. 167-175.

doi : 10.3406/cea.1987.3197

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cea_0008-0055_1987_num_27_105_3197