The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel

Leonardo A. Villalón is Dean of the International Center and Professor of Political Science and African Studies at the University of Florida, where he also coordinates the Sahel Research Group. He is a specialist on the countries of the African Sahel (Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Chad), in particular the role of Islam in democratization, education, and political stability. He has published numerous works on the region. He is past president of the West African Research Association, and currently chair of the board of directors of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

Editor's Introduction
Leonardo A. Villalón: Framing the Sahel: Spaces, Challenges, Encounters
Section I: The Sahel as Region
1: Olivier Walther and Denis Retaillé: Mapping the Sahelian Space
2: Gregory Mann: French Colonialism and the Making of the Modern Sahel
3: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan: The Construction of States and Societies in the Sahel
4: Augustin Loada: Civil Society and Political Order in the Sahel
Section II: National Trajectories
5: Marie Brossier: Senegal: A Success Story and a Patrimonial Democracy
6: Boubacar N'Diaye: Mauritania: Exceptionalism and Vulnerability
7: Bruce Whitehouse: Mali: Collapse and Instability
8: Ernest Harsch: Burkina Faso: Beyond Autocracy, New Roads Open
9: Lisa Mueller: Niger: Precarious Stability
10: Ketil Fred Hansen: Chad: Realpolitik and Aspirational Deprivation
Section III: The Environment and the Challenge of Climate Change
Sarah McKune: Section Editor's Introduction
11: Suzanne Cotillon, Gray Tappen, and Chris Reij: Land Use Change and Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Sahel
12: Sarah McKune: The Challenge of Food and Nutritional Security
13: Alisha Graves, Nouhou Abdoul Moumouni, and Malcom Potts: Demography and Health in the Context of Climate Change
14: Tor A. Benjaminsen: Climate Change and Human Conflict in the Sahel
15: Marjatta Eilittä: Drivers of Growth and Decline in Sahelian Livestock Sectors
Section IV: The Challenges of Development
Renata Serra: Section Editor's Introduction
16: Ahmadou Aly Mbaye and Fatou Guèye: Section editor's Introduction
17: Renata Serra: Agricultural Policies and Development in the Sahel
18: Isaline Bergamaschi: The Political Economy of Aid in the Sahel
19: Giorgio Blundo: Corruption and the State in the Sahel
Section V: The Challenge of Governing
Sebastian Elischer: Section Editor's Introduction
20: Mamadou Bodian and Leonardo A. Villalón: The Democratic Struggle in the Sahel
21: Daniel Eizenga: Political Parties and Elite Resilience in Sahelian Politics
22: Sebastian Elischer: Militaries in Sahelian Politics
23: Cristina Barrios: Security Provision and Counterterrorism in the Sahel
24: Roland Marchal: French Interventions in the Sahel
Section VI: The Intellectual Landscape
Alioune Sow: Section Editor's Introduction
25: Felwine Sarr: Towards a History of Ideas in the Sahel
26: Rahmane Idrissa: Yesterday Meets Tomorrow in Sahelian Intellectual Currents
27: Alioune Sow: The Literary History of the Sahel
Section VII: A Religious Landscape in Flux
Bejamin Soares: Section Editor's Introduction
28: Rüdiger Seesemann: Islamic Intellectual Traditions in the Sahel
29: Benjamin Soares: Islam and Muslim Societies in the Contemporary Sahel
30: Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim: Jihadist Insurgencies in the Sahel
31: Ousseina Alidou: Muslim Women's Social Movements in the Sahel
32: Alexander Thurston: Negotiating Secularism in the Sahel
Section VIII: The Changing Social Mosaic
Fiona McLaughlin: Section Editor's Introduction
33: Cédric Jourde: Social Stratification in the Sahel
34: Fiona Mc Laughlin: The Linguistic Ecology of the Sahel
35: Wendy Wilson-Fall: Pastoralist Societies in the Sahel
36: Leonardo A. Villalón and Mamadou Bodian: Education, Citizenship, and National Identity in the Sahel
Section IX: On the Move: Urbanization, Migration, Transnationalism
Abdoulaye Kane: Section Editor's Introduction
37: Florence Boyer and David Lessault: Urbanization and the Dynamics of Change in the Sahel
38: Sylvie Bredeloup: Sahelian Migrations within Africa
39: Harouna Mounkaila: Trans-Saharan Migration through and from the Sahel
40: Abdoulaye Kane: Sahelian Transnational Networks and Diasporas