This article examines the rise of the koglweogo self-defence groups in Burkina Faso, developing an empirical analysis of their practices and a conceptual approach to their ambiguous status. The article describes the ‘koglweogos’’ rise since 2014, their growth across urban and rural areas in Burkina Faso, and their involvement in tasks from crime-fighting to counterterrorism. The article builds on the existing literature on vigilantism and security provision in African states and outlines a conceptual framework highlighting the koglweogos’ pursuit of recognition. The koglweogo toggle between overlapping ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’ repertoires of security discourse and practice, pursuing recognition as security professionals but also the autonomy and flexibility of working in the margins. This emphasizes the symbolic value, social and political contestability, discursive construction, and imaginaries of security whilst eschewing a state/non-state binary. The article draws on fieldwork carried out with multiple koglweogo groups to highlight their role as auxiliaries in global security governance, their production of security claims in the absence of recognition, their production of public authority, and their relationship of collaboration with and contestation of the state. The article concludes with reflections on the broader utility of the concept of ‘security amateur’ in Africa and further afield.

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布基纳法索非国家安全提供的政治：koglweogo 自卫团体对承认的模糊追求

本文考察了布基纳法索 koglweogo 自卫团体的兴起，对他们的做法进行了实证分析，并对其模棱两可的地位进行了概念性分析。文章描述了自 2014 年以来“koglweogos”的崛起，它们在布基纳法索城乡地区的发展，以及它们参与从打击犯罪到反恐的任务。这篇文章建立在现有的关于非洲国家治安和安全保障的文献的基础上，并概述了一个突出 koglweogos 追求认可的概念框架。koglweogo 在安全话语和实践的“业余”和“专业”重叠曲目之间切换，追求安全专业人士的认可，同时追求边缘工作的自主性和灵活性。这强调了象征价值，社会和政治的可竞争性、话语建构和安全想象，同时避开国家/非国家二元。本文利用与多个 koglweogo 团体进行的实地调查，强调他们在全球安全治理中作为辅助者的作用、他们在没有得到承认的情况下提出的安全主张、他们的公共权力的产生以及他们与国家的合作和争论的关系. 文章最后对“安全业余爱好者”概念在非洲和更远地区的更广泛效用进行了反思。他们在没有得到承认的情况下提出安全要求，他们产生公共权威，以及他们与国家的合作和竞争关系。文章最后对“安全业余爱好者”概念在非洲和更远地区的更广泛效用进行了反思。他们在没有得到承认的情况下提出安全要求，他们产生公共权威，以及他们与国家的合作和竞争关系。文章最后对“安全业余爱好者”概念在非洲和更远地区的更广泛效用进行了反思。