par Berliner, David 
Référence Cahiers d'études africaines, 45, 1, page (15-38)
Publication Publié, 2005
Référence Cahiers d'études africaines, 45, 1, page (15-38)
Publication Publié, 2005
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | The Bulongic used to be "irreducible fetishists". The year 1955, when a Muslim scholar going by the name of Asekou Bokare passed through, put a definitive end to these ritual practices, which informants call "customs". Despite the absence of initiation, masks and sacred groves, subtle processes of transmission still occur that lead us to think that this society, though transformed by fifty years of Islamization, is still part of a prelslamic world. Light is shed on the key role played by women-what is called a "feminization of customs"-in this process of religious transmission. A description of the ritual organization of women serves as the basis for reconsidering both their ability to defy the power of men in this society and their role in performing and transmitting religious practices. |
