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Title: | The force of action: legitimizing the coup in Bamako, Mali |
Author: | Whitehouse, Bruce |
Year: | 2012 |
Periodical: | Africa Spectrum (ISSN 0002-0397) |
Volume: | 47 |
Issue: | 2-3 |
Pages: | 93-110 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mali |
Subjects: | coups d'état 2012 legitimacy |
About person: | Amadou Haya Sanogo |
External link: | https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/afsp/article/view/552 |
Abstract: | The coup d'état that occurred in Bamako, Mali, in March 2012 brought a previously unknown army captain named Amadou Sanogo to power. This paper analyses Malian media reports to explore how Sanogo and his associates sought to legitimize their takeover with reference to local conceptions of heroism, power and destiny, and how Sanogo's public image resonated with time-honoured narratives about heroic figures in Malian culture. This case demonstrates that understanding religious world views is essential for understanding the workings of political power. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and German. [Journal abstract] |