Long on the margins of both scholarly and policy concerns, the
countries of the West African Sahel have recently attracted world
attention, primarily as a key battleground in the global 'war on
terror'. This book moves beyond this narrow focus, providing a
multidimensional and interdisciplinary assessment of the region in
all of its complexity. The focus is on the six countries at the
heart of the Sahelian geographic space: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali,
Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad. Collectively, the chapters explore
the commonalities and interconnections that link these countries
and their fates, while also underscoring their diversity and the
variations in their current realities. The Sahel today is at an
important crossroads, under multiple pressures of diverse kinds:
environmental, political, demographic, and economic, as well as
rapidly changing social and religious dynamics. It is also marked
by striking dynamism and experimentation, drawing on a long history
of innovation and cultural transfer. In many ways the Sahel is
today on the cutting edge of grand natural experiments exploring
how humans will adapt to climate change, to technological
innovation, to the global movement of populations and the
restructuring of world politics, to urbanization, social change,
and rapid demographic growth, and to inter-religious contact. The
region is a weathervane on the front lines of the forces of global
change. In nine thematic sections, the chapters in this book offer
holistic analyses of the key forces shaping the region. Including
scholars based in Africa, Europe, and the United States, the
authors represent an exceptional breadth and depth of expertise on
the Sahel.
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