%0 Journal Article
%T Le corps des rois des rois dans la ville : M¨¦n¨¦lik II et Hayl¨¦ Sellas¨¦ ¨¤ Addis Abeba The bodies of kings of kings in the city: Menelik II and Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa
%A Estelle Sohier
%J Afriques : D¨¦bats, M¨¦thodes et Terrains d'Histoire
%D 2012
%I Centre d¡¯?tudes des Mondes Africains
%R 10.4000/afriques.1015
%X M¨¦n¨¦lik II et Hayl¨¦ Sellas¨¦, les deux principaux souverains ¨¦thiopiens du xxe si¨¨cle, ont tous deux connu des fins de r¨¨gne et de vie troubles, caract¨¦ris¨¦es par l¡¯absence de fun¨¦railles au moment de leur disparition. Diff¨¦rentes sources endog¨¨nes et exog¨¨nes sont disponibles pour mieux appr¨¦hender leur histoire, au nombre desquelles des monuments visibles aujourd¡¯hui dans la capitale ¨¦thiopienne. Le croisement des sources et des regards ¨¦thiopiens et ¨¦trangers permet de d¨¦m¨ºler l¡¯¨¦cheveau des circonstances de la disparition de M¨¦n¨¦lik II et les raisons de la dissimulation du corps du roi d¨¦funt. Il permet aussi de comprendre comment son successeur, Hayl¨¦ Sellas¨¦, a g¨¦r¨¦ politiquement le corps ¨C et, partant, la m¨¦moire ¨C de son pr¨¦d¨¦cesseur, en pla ant ¨¦galement au c ur de sa politique symbolique son propre futur lieu de s¨¦pulture. Les monuments d¡¯Addis Abeba transmettent nombre d¡¯informations sur l¡¯histoire des fun¨¦railles royales en ¨¦thiopie au xxe si¨¨cle, mais aussi sur la place du corps des souverains d¨¦funts dans le syst¨¨me politico-religieux de la royaut¨¦ ¨¦thiopienne contemporaine. Menelik II and Haile Selassie, the two major Ethiopian sovereigns during the 20th century, both experienced troubles in their lives and at the end of their reigns: no funeral ceremonies were held at the time of their death. Various sources are available for understanding these historical events, among them the monuments that can still be seen in the country¡¯s capital. By crossing sources and viewpoints, both Ethiopian and foreign, we can unravel the set of circumstances surrounding the death of Menelik II and the reasons for concealing the body of the deceased. We thus understand how his successor, Haile Selassie, politically managed his predecessor¡¯s corpse (and the memory of him) by placing his own future place of burial at the center of this political symbolism. The monuments in Addis Ababa tell us several things about the history of royal funerals in Ethiopia during the 20th century and, too, about the place of the dead sovereign¡¯s body in the political and religious system of royalty in contemporary Ethiopia.
%K royaut¨¦
%K fun¨¦railles
%K M¨¦n¨¦lik II
%K Hayl¨¦ Sellas¨¦
%K politique symbolique
%K Ethiopia
%K funerals
%K Addis Ababa
%K royalty
%K Haile Selassie
%K political symbolism
%K ¨¦thiopie
%K Addis Abeba
%U http://afriques.revues.org/1015