Nouveaux et anciens espaces de circulation internationale au Maroc by Mehdi Alioua

“…In each of these stops and steps, they get to acknowledge their resemblance and to cooperate, thus progressively building up a common story, or “adventure”: the migration project and techniques they share make them share more.Once across the Sahara, the Subsaharian trans-migrants stick to the Maghrebi societies by grafting their own circulations on those of the local populations. …”
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Obsesiones coloniales y reticencias africanistas (O por qué no triunfan las perspectivas postcoloniales entre los estudiosos de África Subsahariana) by Alicia Campos Serrano

“…Las perspectivas poscoloniales han generado una diversidad de reacciones por parte de especialistas en África al sur del Sáhara. Han existido esfuerzos, fundamentalmente en el ámbito de los estudios culturales, por reivindicar e incorporar a africanos y africanas entre los referentes fundamentales de la corriente. …”
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Sur les « fantasias » marocaines d’Eugène Delacroix  by François Pouillon

“…The exactitude of his documentation as well as research conducted in Algeria at around the same time on the equestrian practices of the Arabs (especially the comprehensive study on the horses of the Sahara published by General Daumas) indicate that we are dealing with a case of what since Hobsbawm and Ranger has become known as an “invention of tradition”. …”
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Promotion des langues maternelles en vue de leur enseignement dans un contexte post-colonial : le cas du Benin by Abdoulaye HAKIBOU & Chambi Julien ATCHADE

“…Aujourd’hui, la question est plutôt relative aux stratégies à définir et à mettre en œuvre dans les pays surtout au sud du Sahara. La présente étude qui s’est menée dans un cadre national a visé à identifier des stratégies dans le contexte multilingue du Bénin. …”
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Abundance of Sesamia nonagrioides (Lef.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on the Edges of the Mediterranean Basin by Matilde Eizaguirre, Argyro A. Fantinou

“…It is multivoltine, with two to four generations per year, that overwinters as mature larva in the northern of the Sahara desert. Our purpose was to compare the response of the S. nonagrioides populations occurring in the broader circum-Mediterranean area, with particular attention to the diapause period and the different numbers of generations per season. …”
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Le Touat dans la globalité médiévale by Hadrien Collet, Ingrid Houssaye Michienzi

“…The main purpose is to show how the data in the Datini collection can shed new light on the geopolitics of copper in the Sahara and the Sahel around 1400 and contribute to enrich a patchy documentation and provide material for the development of new theories and ideas.…”
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Provenance of late Pleistocene loess in central and eastern Europe: isotopic evidence for dominant local sediment sources by K. Fenn, I. L. Millar, A. Bird, D. Veres, Doris Wagner

“…The results dispute the commonly held assumption that the Sahara was a sediment contributor to loess in central-eastern Europe as North African contributions are not needed to explain loess signatures. …”
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Further Reflecting on the Six-Year Primary Project of the Institute of Education, University of Ife: The Key Players by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…A corollary to the latter assertion is that education in Africa, south of the Sahara, is primarily Eurocentric and quite unAfrican in context. …”
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Tadmekka. Archéologie d’une ville caravanière des premiers temps du commerce transsaharien by Sam Nixon

“…We also concentrate on other important new evidence of relevance for wider West African debates, including trade goods from across the Sahara, important patterns in the ceramic sequence, evidence of local industries, and interesting findings related to dietary practices.…”
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A Framework for Sustainable Implementation of E-Medicine in Transitioning Countries by Stephen Robert Isabalija, Victor Mbarika, Geoffrey Mayoka Kituyi

“…This study examined telemedicine transfer challenges in three Sub-Sahara African countries and developed a framework for sustainable implementation of e-medicine. …”
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Mapping Evapotranspiration of Agricultural Areas in Ghana by Kenneth Aidoo, Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Kofi Asare, Comfort Gyasiwaa Botchway, Samuel Fosuhene

“…Climate change is having an adverse effect on the environment especially in sub-Sahara Africa, where capacity for natural resource management such as water is very low. …”
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Analyse de la situation de la plasticulture et des cultures maraichères en Algérie : Quel développement dans les régions sahariennes ? by Haoua Amrouni

“…Cependant, ce développement dépend largement des ressources naturelles du Sahara, notamment l’eau, qui constitue une contrainte majeure pour la durabilité des systèmes de production. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF NON-PERFORMING LOANS OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA by Olusegun Opeyemi Oni, Henry Jonathan

“…This study applied System GMM technique with an elaborated econometric method, based on a panel set from 23 Sub-Sahara African countries. Four institutional factors; namely control of corruption with coefficient value of (0.44%), financial freedom with coefficient value of (0.13%), rule of law with coefficient value of (0.341%) and regulatory quality with coefficient value of (-0.618%) were all significant on NPLs at (5%,) respectively. …”
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Développer le désert : anciennes et nouvelles utopies by Jean-Robert Henry, Jean-Louis Marçot, Jean-Yves Moisseron

“…The Mediterranean Solar Plan, a flagship project of the Union for the Mediterranean, is backed by large financial and technology companies who invest in renewable energy and dream of the Sahara as the future powerhouse of Europe. But by associating the desert too closely to European development, little space is left to the expectations of Saharan societies for the development of their living space and the project is likely to encounter considerable technical and political setbacks.…”
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Effect of health education in the control of schistosomiasis in Dass Emirate Council of Bauchi State, Nigeria: An intervention study. by Sunday Charles Adeyemo, Gbadebo Jimoh Oyedeji, James Atolagbe, Oladunni Opeyemi, Sunday Olarewaju, Calistus Akinleye, Funso Olagunju, Eniola Dorcas Olabode, Abdulwaris Salisu Maleka

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Schistosomiasis has been recognized by WHO as a major contributor to mortality and morbidity, particularly in Sub-Sahara Africa, where it is most prevalent. There is a lack of reliable data on the effectiveness of health education interventions in reducing the prevalence of schistosomiasis in Bauchi State. …”
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Optical Properties of the Urban Aerosol Particles Obtained from Ground Based Measurements and Satellite-Based Modelling Studies by Genrik Mordas, Nina Prokopciuk, Steigvilė Byčenkienė, Jelena Andriejauskienė, Vidmantas Ulevicius

“…Analysis shows such increase in the aerosol light scattering coefficient (276 Mm−1) during the 3rd of July 2012 was attributed to a major Sahara dust storm. Aerosol size distribution with pronounced coarse particles dominance was attributed to the presence of dust particles, while resuspended dust within the urban environment was not observed.…”
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Identité, imaginaire et tourisme en pays touareg au Niger by Emmanuel Grégoire, Marko Scholze

“…Les auteurs évoquent, tout d’abord, l’imaginaire occidental relatif au Sahara et aux Touaregs en faisant référence au mythe qu’ils incarnent aux yeux des Européens, élément sur lequel ils ont su remarquablement jouer pour développer leur nouvelle activité qui est essentiellement un « tourisme de désert ». …”
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Exploring the Mediation Effect of Brand Trust on the Link Between Tourism Destination Image, Social Influence and Brand Loyalty by Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih, Hassane Gharbi, Riadh Brini, Nadir Aliane

“…This study examines the structural relationship between a destination’s image (DI), social influence (SI), and tourists’ brand trust (BT) and brand loyalty (BL) in the destination of Tozeur, a Tunisian town located at the gateway to the Sahara and rooted in the Atlas Mountains, where George Lucas set scenes for the Star Wars saga. …”
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Implications of conflict on vaccination in the Sahel region by Seye Abimbola, Julie Leask, Harriet Dwyer, Majdi M Sabahelzain

“…The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. …”
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Physical Characteristics of Tetrahydroxy and Acylated Derivatives of Jojoba Liquid Wax in Lubricant Applications by Rogers E. Harry-O’kuru, Girma Biresaw, Sherald Gordon, Jingyuan Xu

“…The virgin oil is a component of the seed of the jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) plant which occurs naturally in the Sonora Desert in the United States and northwestern Mexico as well as in the northeastern Sahara desert. The seed contains 50–60% oil by dry weight. …”
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