Social history of gbagbaloulou in Agbanto

The present work on the social history of gbagbaloulou in Agbanto is the fruit of a collective and individual activity. The specific objectives were based on legal anthropology which determines the sharing and exploitation of the lake by fishermen the management of conflicts around the lake and the practice of fishing on the lake. Once we had arrived at the research site with our colleagues and supervisory team it became clear that Agbanto was an ideal place for young researchers to immerse themselves. And so during our fieldwork empiricism revealed other avenues of research that caught our attention. Several fishing techniques were found to be used by fishermen around Lake Agbanto. But within this whole one fishing technique was more practiced by the fishermen. Our investigations revealed that this technique is called gbagbaloulou. By the end of the field trip these empirical elements had led to the identification of a new line of research: the social history of gbagbaloulou in Agbanto.