Saharan Frontiers
Saharan Frontiers

Author: James McDougall

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2012-06-08

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0253001242

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The Sahara has long been portrayed as a barrier that divides the Mediterranean world from Africa proper and isolates the countries of the Maghrib from their southern and eastern neighbors. Rather than viewing the desert as an isolating barrier, this volume takes up historian Fernand Braudel's description of the Sahara as "the second face of the Mediterranean." The essays recast the history of the region with the Sahara at its center, uncovering a story of densely interdependent networks that span the desert's vast expanse. They explore the relationship between the desert's "islands" and "shores" and the connections and commonalities that unite the region. Contributors draw on extensive ethnographic and historical research to address topics such as trade and migration; local notions of place, territoriality, and movement; Saharan cities; and the links among ecological, regional, and world-historical approaches to understanding the Sahara.

Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel
Jihadists of North Africa and the Sahel

Author: Alexander Thurston

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-10-29

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1108488668

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Offers unique insights into the inner workings of jihadist organisations over the past three decades in North Africa and the Sahel.

Geology of Northwest Africa
Geology of Northwest Africa

Author: Alain Piqué

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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Northwest Africa comprises a vast territory, from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia to Mauritania, made up out of rocks which range in age from the Archaean (Early Precambrian) to the Quaternary. The book is the result of the author's extensive field studies in many parts of the covered area and a comprehensive compilation of previously published data. Alain Pique is professor of structural geology at the Universite de Bretagne occidentale, Brest (France).

Eggs and larvae of common marine fish species of northwest Africa
Eggs and larvae of common marine fish species of northwest Africa

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2023-09-22

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9251381623

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This guide presents the egg and larval descriptions of 150 species of fishes belonging to 57 families, which are most likely to be present in plankton samples collected in the continental shelf and oceanic waters off northwest Africa. The guide is structured in two parts. The first introductory part describes the different applications of ichthyoplankton studies in fisheries research and management, and fish population ecology, the main sampling strategies, methods and gears, and the problems related to sample representativeness. It also describes the early life history of fishes, and how to identify them. A brief description of the hydrography of the study area is also presented. The second part of the guide features the species identification sheets. Each species sheet includes the following information: an illustration of the adult fish and information on its distribution, habitat, spawning season, and meristic characters; a description of the main features useful towards identifying the egg, yolk-sac and larval stages; and illustrations and photos of different larval stages. Finally, the guide provides a comprehensive list of references.