@incollection{fdi:010084467, title = {{S}ahelian migrations within {A}frica}, author = {{B}redeloup, {S}ylvie}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his chapter will examine patterns and history of intra-{A}frican migration from the {S}ahel across national borders within {A}frica, beginning in the colonial period. {D}uring colonization, the {F}rench often recruited {W}est {A}frican workers across borders who served in the army and provided security for {F}rench trading posts along the {A}frican coasts. {A}t the time of decolonization, shopkeepers in marketplaces, as well as big merchants or gem traders from the {S}ahel were also entrepreneurs, occupying an intermediate position between native populations and national authorities in international trade networks. {O}ver the decades, tougher controls at borders and intensified deportations despite regional agreements on the free movement of people, the outbreak of civil wars, or of political turmoil have all had a significant impact on population movements from the {S}ahel, and have also increased insecurity for {S}ahelian migrants.}, keywords = {{BURKINA} {FASO} ; {GHANA} ; {MALI} ; {NIGER} ; {SENEGAL} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {TOGO} ; {GAMBIE} ; {NIGER} ; {NIGERIA} ; {TCHAD} ; {GABON} ; {GAMBIE} ; {CAMEROUN} ; {CONAKRY} ; {GUINEE} {BISSAU} ; {CAP} {VERT} ; {MAURITANIE} ; {REPUBLIQUE} {DEMOCRATIQUE} {DU} {CONGO}}, booktitle = {{T}he {O}xford handbook of the {A}frican {S}ahel : section {IX} : on the move : urbanization, migration, transnationalism}, numero = {}, pages = {729--746}, address = {{O}xford}, publisher = {{O}xford {U}niversity {P}ress}, series = {}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198816959.013.42}, ISBN = {978-0-19-881695-9}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084467}, }