This report offers an account of an international workshop held at the Omar Bongo University in Libreville, Gabon, from 23 November to 27 November 2018. Bringing together specialists on and from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon, participants reflected on the ways in which different forms of violence have historically had – and continue to have – an impact on social fabrics and several dimensions of politics. The workshop also sought to relate these legacies of violence to the region’s economies of extraction. The region is confronted with social and political turmoil that receives little international attention. The combination of simmering and open instability and the relatively marginal position of the region vis-à-vis the wider continent risks propelling several countries into outright political strife with regional repercussions. The debates concluded that further thinking on how violence permeates every aspect of social and political life is much needed.

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研讨会报告：追踪法属赤道非洲的暴力遗产

本报告介绍了 2018 年 11 月 23 日至 11 月 27 日在加蓬利伯维尔的奥马尔邦戈大学举办的国际研讨会。 汇集了来自喀麦隆、中非共和国、乍得、刚果、赤道几内亚和加蓬的专家，参与者反思了不同形式的暴力在历史上已经——并将继续——对社会结构和政治的几个方面产生影响的方式。研讨会还试图将这些暴力遗产与该地区的采掘经济联系起来。该地区面临着很少受到国际关注的社会和政治动荡。正在酝酿和公开的不稳定以及该地区相对于更广阔大陆的相对边缘地位的结合有可能将几个国家推向具有地区影响的直接政治冲突。辩论得出的结论是，非常需要进一步思考暴力如何渗透到社会和政治生活的各个方面。