@article{fdi:010063519, title = {{O}n {W}est {A}frican roads : everyday mobility and exchanges between {M}auritania, {S}enegal and {M}ali}, author = {{C}hoplin, {A}. and {L}ombard, {J}{\'e}r{\^o}me}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his paper sheds light on everyday mobility and exchange between {M}auritania, {M}ali and {S}enegal. {F}ar beyond the "pirogues episode" and sensationalist cases, our micro approach is useful for understanding social mutations, embedded networks and scales, the multiple figures of circulating people and the importance of transportation. {B}ased on empirical and multi-situated fieldwork in the three countries, this research inquires into the reality of circulation, with its supposed fluidity and its frequent standstills. {W}e will see that increasing controls, linked to security and migratory {E}uropean issues, hinder these ordinary movements and exchanges. {T}he {M}ali-{M}auritania-{S}enegal space shows that mobility is more intense and complex than expected. {I}t is impossible to reduce mobility in {A}frica to one-way flows with no logic other than fleeing from extreme poverty.}, keywords = {{MIGRATION} {INTERNATIONALE} ; {MOBILITE} ; {ECHANGE} ; {FRONTIERE} ; {TERRORISME} ; {TRANSPORT} {ROUTIER} ; {CONTROLE} {MIGRATOIRE} ; {POLITIQUE} {MIGRATOIRE} ; {MIGRATION} {DE} {TRANSIT} ; {MIGRATION} {DE} {RETOUR} ; {MIGRATION} {CLANDESTINE} ; {MAURITANIE} ; {SENEGAL} ; {MALI}}, booktitle = {{N}omadism and mobility in the {S}ahara-{S}ahel}, journal = {{C}anadian {J}ournal of {A}frican {S}tudies = {R}evue {C}anadienne d'{E}tudes {A}fricaines}, volume = {48}, numero = {1}, pages = {59--75}, ISSN = {0008-3968}, year = {2014}, DOI = {10.1080/00083968.2014.936696}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063519}, }