Douentza

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Douentza
Douentza (Mali)
Douentza
Douentza
Coordinates 15 ° 0 ′  N , 2 ° 57 ′  W Coordinates: 15 ° 0 ′  N , 2 ° 57 ′  W
Basic data
Country Mali

region

Mopti
ISO 3166-2 ML-5
height 305 m
Residents 28,005 (2009)
Street scene in Douentza (1990)
Street scene in Douentza (1990)

Douentza is a municipality in the Mopti region in Mali and the administrative seat of the district of the same name . It is located 145 km northeast of Mopti on the RN15 national road between Mopti and Gao .

history

Douentza was the capital of the former Fulani -Königreichs called Haayre . The area was fought over by Tuareg and Fulbe groups from at least the 17th century until the Fulbe and Tukulor became the dominant ethnic group with the expansion of the Massina Empire in the first half of the 19th century .

The French came to Douentza in the last decade of the 19th century and assimilated the prevailing political structures through indirect rule .

Today, the majority of the Fulbe and Tuareg people, descendants of earlier Tuareg slaves, Bambara and other ethnic groups, live in Douentza and its surroundings . In the city of Douentza in particular, many residents are descended from earlier Riimaybe slaves.

On April 5, 2012, Douentza was captured by the Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad (MNLA). The MNLA ended the offensive and declared the city to be the "border" of the new Azawad state . The following day, Azawad was officially declared independent from Mali. On September 1, 2012, the Islamist group Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa took over the city.

In January 2013, Douentza was retaken by the Malian army and soldiers from France as part of the Serval Operation.

Web links

Commons : Douentza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census (PDF; 957 kB)
  2. ↑ CA Angenent, C., Breedveld, M. de Bruijn and H. van Dijk. Les rois des tambours au Haayre, récitée par Aamadu Baa Digi, griot des Fulbe à Dalla (Mali). Leiden: Brill. 2002.
  3. ↑ Mirjam de Brurjn and H. van Dijk. "Ecology and Power in the Periphery of Maasina: The Case of the Hayre in the Nineteenth Century." The Journal of African History 42, no.2: 217-38. 2001.
  4. ↑ Mirjam de Brurjn and Lotte Pelckmans. Facing Dilemmas: Former Fulbe Slaves in Modern Mali . CJAS / RCEA 39: 1 2OO5
  5. ↑ Selma Griep. "Coping strategies of the Riimaybe in Douentza, Central Mali." In Sahelian Pathways, Climate and Society in Central and South Mali , edited by M. de Bruijn, H. van Dijk, M. Kaag and K. van Til. Leiden: Brill. 2004.
  6. ↑ Renate Zondag. "Dynamics of a Rural Center: Douentza in the Semi-Arid Sahel." In Sahelian Pathways, Climate and Society in Central and South Mali , edited by M. de Bruijn, H. van Dijk, M. Kaag and K. van Til. Leiden: Brill. 2004.
  7. ^ Tuareg Fighters Declare Mali Ceasefire . InterPress News Service / Al Jazeera. April 5, 2012. Archived from the original on November 24, 2012. Retrieved on April 6, 2012.
  8. ^ Tuareg rebels declare the independence of Azawad, north of Mali . April 6, 2012. 
  9. ↑ Declaration d'indépendence de l'Azawad . mnlamov.net. April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  10. ↑ French troops capture Diabali and Douentza FAZ.net, accessed October 4, 2014