Submitted: Mon, 3 November 2003 Vincent Foucher Researcher Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noire Bordeaux France Mail address: 11 al Ausone Domaine Universitaire 33607 Pessac Cedex France phone: 00 33 5 56 84 42 85 e-mail: vincent.foucher@wanadoo.fr Research interests: Senegalese politics, Casamance, identity politics, conflict, economy of war, taxation.