Omar Bongo Ondimba: A paradigm of postcolonial power
2009; Editions Karthala; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2264-5047
Autores Tópico(s)Migration, Identity, and Health
ResumoThe death of President Omar Bongo Ondimba, soon after his wife’s, is a political and symbolic event that highlights the relationship between death and power within a paradigmatic framework of war and hunting. According to this paradigm, the longstanding governance of the Gabonese President is the result of an unending work of protection, resistance, attack, and counter-attack against domestic and external threats. This contribution provides a political and anthropological interpretation of Omar Bongo’s death. This is an individual who, by himself, incarnated the paradigm of postcolonial power in Africa.
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