Ngoutidé “the Enlightened One of Lioua”. Destruction of Fetishes and Representations of Witchcraft in the Central African RepublicIn the 1960s there was an important anti-fetishist movement among the Banda of the Central African Republic. A man called Ngoutidé (“fresh water”), after recovering from a long illness, dedicated himself to destroying objects of worship and the places of the ancient initiation societies of the Banda. Ngoutidé preached in the name of the catholic faith. For more than forty years now, the Banda population has been continuing to repeat the story of the life and preaching of Ngoutidé, retrospectively praising his mission to evangelize and destroy fetishes. After reconstructing Ngoutidé’s biography, starting from research in the archives and interviews carried out in the Central African Republic, this essay dwells on the ambivalences and contradictions of this prophetic figure, as he is described now in the Central African Republic.