Browsing by Subject "Sahel"

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    El Šayḫ está rodeado de ángeles y genios: un estudio sobre los seres intermediales en el sufismo pular.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones., 2020) Diego González, Antonio de
    Resumen: El sufismo del Sahel posee una gran riqueza simbólica. Las elaboradas cosmologías del sufismo akbariano, en el que se inspira el neo-sufismo, se entremezclan con tradiciones milenarias donde el genio (ǧinn) y el ángel (malak) conviven con los humanos como otrora lo hacían los espíritus naturales y los ancestros. Este texto esboza, desde el trabajo de campo y las fuentes escritas, una aproximación a una lectura simbólica de las relaciones entre humanos, ángeles y genios en el sufismo de la etnia pular y, en concreto, en la experiencia y la narrativa del maestro sufí senegalés Thierno Ḥassan Dem.
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    The central Sahel: climate change, migration and conflict
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2025) Puig Cepero, Oriol; Sin departamento asociado
    The effects of climate change will be particularly severe in the Sahel zone in the coming decades, with rising temperatures, possible widespread desertification and environmental degradation (IPCC, 2019). Policymakers, think tank reports and statements from international organizations point to a “threat multiplier” as an effect of climate change, which would lead to increased conflict and displacement (Tesfaye, 2022; World Bank, 2022). But the reasoning is less obvious than it seems. First, it is necessary to deepen the relationship between climate phenomena and mobility, and to reflect on the climate change-fragility-conflict nexus. Finally, it is necessary to identify what the main impacts of climate change will be and how they could affect conflict and migration. From a political ecology approach, the article focuses on the interaction between climate change, human mobility and conflict in the central Sahel, mainly in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.