{"id":7905,"date":"2025-05-09T11:47:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=7905"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:49:45","slug":"sources-materials-fieldwork-in-african-studies-n9-varia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/sources-materials-fieldwork-in-african-studies-n9-varia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources. Materials &amp; Fieldwork in African Studies, N\u00b09 &#8220;Varia&#8221; (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Sources. Mat\u00e9riaux &amp; terrain en \u00e9tudes africaines<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cover_sources_n9-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cover_sources_n9-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cover_sources_n9-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cover_sources_n9-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cover_sources_n9-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cover_sources_n9-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cover_sources_n9.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>[English version below]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/sources\/2444?fbclid=IwY2xjawKKrJhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFJb3djaWxRZWhMTXU4T2pJAR5mNz6E2Bn02X7PjdWD1u6Wcbzpc02RUIhoz5wclpOGQ0w61yZEG7OuE9R-vA_aem_K4NhH8W8GQvT92_UwqQFZA&amp;lang=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9<sup>e<\/sup> num\u00e9ro de la revue Sources. Mat\u00e9riaux &amp; terrain en \u00e9tudes africaines, \u00ab&nbsp;Varia \u00bb<\/a>, invite une fois encore \u00e0 suivre des d\u00e9marches empiriques et des collectes de mat\u00e9riaux menant \u00e0 des propositions de recherche originales sur les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s africaines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Carlos Rocha<\/strong> et <strong>Hama Thieni<\/strong> retracent des enqu\u00eates en immersion effectu\u00e9es dans des lieux habituellement peu accessibles : respectivement un h\u00f4pital guin\u00e9en et le quartier pour mineurs de la Maison d\u2019arr\u00eat et de correction de Ouagadougou. Combinant questionnaires, entretiens, observations, et r\u00e9flexion sur leur participation aux dispositifs institutionnels, ces deux articles se font \u00e9cho tout en pr\u00e9sentant des mat\u00e9riaux contrast\u00e9s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oumarou Hamani ouvre les coulisses d\u2019enqu\u00eates ethnographiques men\u00e9es dans la zone dite des \u00ab trois fronti\u00e8res \u00bb, espace transfrontalier entre Burkina Faso, Mali et Niger, aujourd\u2019hui l\u2019\u00e9picentre de violences intenses, qui obligent les \u00e9quipes de recherche locales \u00e0 ren\u00e9gocier leurs acc\u00e8s au terrain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Les articles de <strong>Felix Oludare Ajiola<\/strong> et de <strong>Gabriel Andr\u00e9 et Vincent Foucher<\/strong> interrogent la fabrique des historiographies collectives. Ajiola revient sur sa r\u00e9colte de sources orales et \u00e9crites qui lui permettent de rediscuter avec rigueur les mythologies fondatrices de deux sous-groupes Yor\u00fab\u00e0, les Idanre et les Ondo, au sud-ouest du Nig\u00e9ria. Andr\u00e9 et Foucher analysent de pr\u00e8s un discours prononc\u00e9 en 2023 par Aboubacar Sidi Camara, ministre guin\u00e9en de la D\u00e9fense et g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e0 la retraite. Les auteurs en d\u00e9voilent les r\u00e9f\u00e9rences sous-jacentes et les non-dits, et d\u00e9montrent comment ce genre d\u2019historiographie qualifi\u00e9e de \u00ab vernaculaire \u00bb peut participer d\u2019une ethnicisation du politique aux cons\u00e9quences sociales r\u00e9elles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bonne lecture !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.openedition.org\/sources\/2444?fbclid=IwY2xjawKKrJhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFJb3djaWxRZWhMTXU4T2pJAR5mNz6E2Bn02X7PjdWD1u6Wcbzpc02RUIhoz5wclpOGQ0w61yZEG7OuE9R-vA_aem_K4NhH8W8GQvT92_UwqQFZA&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9<sup>th<\/sup> issue of the academic journal Sources. Materials &amp; Fieldwork in African Studies, &#8220;Varia&#8221;<\/a>, invites us to follow empirical approaches and the collection of material leading to original research on African societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Carlos Rocha<\/strong> and <strong>Hama Thieni<\/strong> describe immersion surveys carried out in places that are not usually very accessible: a Guinean hospital and the juvenile section of the Ouagadougou prison and correctional facility, respectively. Combining questionnaires, interviews, observations and reflections on their participation in institutional arrangements, these two articles echo each other while presenting contrasting material.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oumarou Hamani<\/strong> goes behind the scenes of ethnographic surveys carried out in the so-called \u201cthree borders\u201d zone, a cross-border area between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger that is currently the epicentre of intense armed violence, forcing local research teams to renegotiate their access to the field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The articles by <strong>Felix Oludare Ajiola<\/strong>, <strong>Gabriel Andr\u00e9 and Vincent Foucher<\/strong> examine the making of collective historiographies. Ajiola looks back at his collection of oral and written sources, which enabled him to rigorously reexamine the founding mythologies of two Yor\u00fab\u00e0 sub-groups, the Idanre and the Ondo, in south-western Nigeria. Andr\u00e9 and Foucher take a close look at a speech made in 2023 by Aboubacar Sidi Camara, Guinea&#8217;s Minister of Defence and a retired general. The authors reveal the speech\u2019s underlying references and deliberate silences, and show how this kind of historiography, described as \u201cvernacular,\u201d can contribute to an ethnicisation of politics with concrete social consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy your reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources. Mat\u00e9riaux &amp; terrain en \u00e9tudes africaines [English version below] Le 9e num\u00e9ro de la revue Sources. Mat\u00e9riaux &amp; terrain en \u00e9tudes africaines, \u00ab&nbsp;Varia \u00bb, invite une fois encore \u00e0 suivre des d\u00e9marches empiriques et des collectes de mat\u00e9riaux menant \u00e0 des propositions de recherche originales sur les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s africaines. Bonne lecture ! The 9th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,21,16,36,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news","category-publications","category-sources-materials-fieldwork-in-african-studies","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7905"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8273,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905\/revisions\/8273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}