The Republic of Ghana is the legacy of the colonial amalgam of multiple, and previously distinct, ethnic homelands. The Trans-Volta Togoland became the Volta Region of Ghana following a Plebiscite in 1956. The dominant ethnic group in this region; the Ewe, has long maintained a claim of neglect of the Volta Region and the marginalization of its people in this postcolonial state. Protests in the street and at media houses ensued against the State. This qualitative case study explores the undercurrents of this conflict in the context of the Ewe group’s identity and their experiences of neglect and marginalization in the postcolonial state. The main objective of the study was to understand why the Ewe group has not revolted despite the perceptions of deprivation. This study focused on the Ewe group in the Volta Region of Ghana a as sub-colonial construct that has managed its perceptions of deprivation without revolting against the host State.

Cette recherche porte sur la genèse et l’évolution des Troubles Musculo-Squelettiques (TMS) dans un établissement de l’industrie aéronautique. Nous proposons une formalisation de nos résultats regardés par le prisme 1. des régulations construites par les compagnons, 2. des phénomènes d’usure, et 3. des processus de mise à l’abri des compagnons lourdement affectés par des douleurs articulaires.Pour ce faire, nous avons construit une approche compréhensive pluridisciplinaire associant des actions en entreprise (analyses ergonomiques de l’activité, entretiens diachroniques menés avec le médecin du travail du site, reconstitution de parcours professionnels de compagnons reclassés pour raisons de santé) et une approche statistique, par des exploitations de l’observatoire EVREST en œuvre dans le groupe industriel depuis le début des années 2000.Nos résultats proposent un regard sur la genèse des TMS, suggèrent des perspectives de prévention, encouragent à construire une mémoire de l’entreprise, et à analyser l’activité (au niveau micro des opérateurs, comme au niveau de l’entreprise) d’une manière indissociable des temps, entre passé, présent et avenir. / This research aims at studying the genesis and evolution of Musculo Skeletal Diseases (MSD) in a company belonging to the aeronautics sector. We put forward a formalization of our results, examined through the prism of 1. Regulations elaborated by the workers, 2. Wear and tear phenomena, and 3. Sheltering processes for workers suffering from serious joint diseases.We have therefore built a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach, associating studies at the workshop level (ergonomic job analyses, diachronic interview carried out with the participation of company’s job physician, reconstitution of professional courses of workers reallocated because of health disorders) and a statistical approach, using the “Evrest” Observatory, undertaken in this industrial group from 2000 on.Our results provide a view of the genesis of MSD, suggest avenues for prevention, encourage to build a memory inside the company, and to analyze activity (at the micro level of workstations, as well as at company level) without separating past, present, and future periods.