The Mediterranean Divide and its Echo in the Sahara

New Migratory Routes and New Barriers on the Path to the Mediterranean

Bibliographic Data

ID20083152
AuthorsAli Bensaad (corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages51-69
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueBetween Europe and the Mediterranean (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9780230287334_5
OpenAlexW2467317289
ISBN9780230287334
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

As the Sahara connects directly with the southern shore of the Mediterranean via revitalised and ever multiplying routes, it is taking on significance and altering the relational system of the Mediterranean space. The Sahara is growing in importance as a result of intense traffic crossing it on the way to Europe (even if it often falls short), confronting both shores of the Mediterranean with the realities of new links, sometimes with worldwide roots, while confirming and consolidating the space as a preferred route. Trans-Saharan corridors now directly link black Africa and the Mediterranean. Migratory fluxes are the corollary of this renewed link. They are also its engine and fuel

Archaeology · Corollary · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Mediterranean sea · Shore · Space (punctuation) · African Studies and Geopolitics · Computer Science · Geology · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Oceanography

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