Nouveau regard sur la révolte de Sakété en 1905.

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1984

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D. K. M. Videgla & A. F. Iroko — The 1905 Sakete Riots Revisited. A number of revolts occurred at the beginning of the colonial period in Dahomey (now People's Republic of Benin) as a reaction from all-too-often maltreated populations. One of the earliest rebellion took place in 1905, in Sakete border district. It sprung from a response to the constraints imposed by the colonial administration: economie restrictions due to the suppression of smuggling through the Nigerian border, corvee labour, arbitrary arrests, bullying of men and abuse of women by native policemen, etc. There was also a degree of conservative local opposition to colonial innovations. Following a repression which caused severe damages, the township was temporarily deserted. Normal conditions were slowly restored when the administration cleverly chose to relax its grip.

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