Brazzaville's marché total women's alliances during the civil war in Congo

Abstract

Congo-Brazzaville experienced a long civil war from 1992 to 2002. The first part of the conflict (1992-1994), which opposed President Pascal Lissouba's supporters to those of Brazzaville's mayor, Bernard Kolélas, took place in the southern areas of the capital et particularly in the district of Bacongo, During this crisis, women often showed a great sense of solidarity between themselves, setting up mutual-help networks, often in the workplace and according to their religious beliefs. In the context of Marché Total, this article focuses on certain aspects of these new types of networks which women managed to weave.