Tag Archives: Sahara

Sahelian City-States in the Western Sahel: Part 2

Posted on 24/01/2014 by dianabuja

Recent and ongoing events in the Sahel by way of food crises, religiously based conflict, ethnically based conflict, and military coups are intertwined.  They are the most recent iterations of  interdependent political, economic, religious, social, and cultural changes that have … Continue reading →

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Agriculture; Livestock; Indigenous Plants; Agroforestry – Links

Posted on 20/03/2013 by dianabuja

  FAO will be convening an International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition, that aims to: … increase understanding of the crucial role that forests, trees on farms and agroforestry systems can play in improving the food security and nutrition … Continue reading →

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City States in the Sahel: Pre-European Kingdoms of West Africa – Part 1

Posted on 14/01/2013 by dianabuja

With the recent efforts of France to address the efforts of Islamists in northern Mali – and Nigeria and its neighbours to confront the Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria- I am revising and reposting this blog on Sahelian history.    Introduction: … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology News Network: Chemical analysis of pottery reveals first dairying in Saharan Africa in the fifth millennium BC

Posted on 22/06/2012 by dianabuja

Using lipid biomarker and stable carbon isotope analysis, they examined preserved fatty acids held within the fabric of the pottery and found that half of the vessels had been used for processing dairy fats. This confirms for the first time … Continue reading →

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Qanat Structures in the Western Desert of Egypt: Early Forms of Desert Irrigation

Posted on 04/11/2011 by dianabuja

 [First posted May 2010,  Revised 04 November 2011] Qanat structures – underground water canals that can extend many miles – are a feature of the Middle East and North African agriculture that I find fascinating. It was Paul English who wrote one … Continue reading →

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