Given that the securitization of Africa’s space and population is mainly based on the perception and perspective of the West, we need to re-frame the rhetoric about the Sahel. That is the rationale for the International Consortium for Geopolitical Studies of the Sahel (the Sahel Consortium) to launch the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Sahel. The journal will promote and make available to the public, scholars and policy makers, the findings of practical and theoretical studies by combining many disciplines and balancing perspectives from inside and outside the region.

Announcing the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Sahel