President / Director:
Sully Corré
Address:
12 rue Victor Nativel
97414 ENTRE DEUX
ReunionTelephone:
International: +2626 92 64 52 75 (mobile); National: 06 92 64 52 75 (mobile)
Registration date:
Tuesday, December 22, 1998
Registration details:
Registration details can be found in the Journal Officiel.
Status:
Ongoing
Type:
Ancestral
Archaeological
Commemorative
Community/social
Cultural
Educational
Indian Ocean focus
Memorial
Scope:
Regional/local: A smaller organization or association focused on local/regional activities.
Historical overview:
The association Le Captaine Dimitile manages the Dimitile site in La Réunion. The Dimitile is named after a maroon who found refuge on the site around 1730. Since 1998, the association has restored a marroon camp, where a permanent exhibition traces the history of slavery and marronage.
Summary of objectives:
The objectives of theassociation Le Capitaine Dimitile are as follows:
- To promote the village of Entre-Deux
- To communicate its history, nature and culture.
On 9th June 1999, the association added the following objective:
- To valorise the natural heritage of Entre-Deux, notably Dimitile.
Links to sites of memory:
Site of memory
Site of memory
Links to other associations:
Association
Key links:
Keywords:
Commemoration
Memorial project
Memories of slavery
Patrimony
Réunion
Réunion identity
Slave ancestry