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L'article se centra en la memòria entre els joola huluf de religió tradicional, a la Baixa-Casamance (Senegal). Més enllà del debat entre la memòria oficial transmesa a través de l'Administració senegalesa i la memòria reivindicada per alguns dels líders del MFDC (Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de la Casamance), aquest article ens permet entendre com la societat joola huluf -del regne d'Oussouye- gestiona la memòria a nivell local de forma descentralitzada a través de diferents rituals -especialment aquells lligats a la mort-, iniciacions, cançons..., fixant-se especialment en les dinàmiques que tenen lloc en un regne on el secretisme -i les seves implicacions en termes de gènere, parentiu, edat...- marca sovint la vida de la societat.

Este artigo tem como objectivo explicar as características mais significativas do reino Joola-huluf (ou Diola-huluf) de Oussouye, no Sul do Senegal. Depois de quinze anos da primeira visita em Oussouye, e depois de quase dez anos a fazer pesquisas neste reino, o autor analisa os principais temas relacionados com a monarquia divina e as mudanças protagonizadas por ela própria nos últimos anos. Neste estudo de caso, podemos observar como apesar de – ou graças a – o contexto da globalização, a presença do Estado senegalês e o conflito de Casamance, o rei de Oussouye é a figura social, religiosa e mesmo política mais importante entre os joola de Oussouye. ; This article aims to explain the most significant characteristics of the Joola-huluf (or Diola-huluf) Kingdom of Oussouye, in Southern Senegal. A er 15 years of his first visit in Oussouye, and a er almost ten years researching on this Joola kingdom, the author analyses the principal topics related to the sacred kingship and the latest changes referring to it. In this case study, we may observe that in spite of – or thanks to – the globalisation context, the Senegalese state presence and the Casamance conflict, the king of Oussouye is the most important social, religious and even political figure among the Joola of Oussouye. 1 Este

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In this article, we present an ethnographic study of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C), referred to here as excision, in relation to female initiation in the Basse-Casamance region of Senegal. There is a wide disparity in the descriptions of ethnicity, territorialization, history and vitality connected with the practice, as might be expected given the extensive diversity of the region. For most of the communities that practice it, excision forms part of the rite of passage that promotes integration into the secret society of women, being considered also a marker of ethnic, religious, gender and political identities. Despite the legislation outlawing this practice in Senegal since 1999 and the numerous awareness-raising initiatives carried out by NGOs, the practice has not been abandoned. However, the public nature and timing of the three phases of the ritual have been modified, the excision now being performed clandestinely at an early age, while initiation (seclusion and aggregation) takes place in public during adolescence. This study draws attention to the different perspectives regarding FGM/C and its current practice, highlighting changes to it and the tensions it creates between its supporters and detractors, who are mostly men, as well as revealing the views of young people, among whom the first signs of a wider consciousness of the consequences of the practice are becoming evident.