Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara
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Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara

Regional Connectivity in the Twentieth Century

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Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara

Regional Connectivity in the Twentieth Century

About this book

Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara describes life on and around the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context. Basing her findings on long-term fieldwork with trading families, truckers, smugglers and scholars, Judith Scheele investigates the history of contemporary patterns of mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. Through a careful analysis of family ties and local economic records, this book shows how long-standing mobility and interdependence have shaped not only local economies, but also notions of social hierarchy, morality and political legitimacy, creating patterns that endure today and that need to be taken into account in any empirically-grounded study of the region.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. SMUGGLERS AND SAINTS OF THE SAHARA
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Maps and Photos
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. 1: Founding Saints and Moneylenders: Regional Ecologies and Oasis Settlement
  11. 2: Saints on Trucks: Algerian Traders and Settlement in the bilād al-sūdān
  12. 3: Dates, Cocaine, and AK 47s: Moral Conundrums on the Algero-Malian Border
  13. 4: Struggles over Encompassment: Hierarchy, Genealogies, and Their Contemporary Use
  14. 5: Universal Law and Local Containment: Assemblies, qudāh, and the Quest for Civilisation
  15. 6: Settlement, Mobility, and the Daily Pitfalls of Saharan Cosmopolitanism
  16. Conclusion: Saharan Connectivity and the “Swamp of Terror”
  17. Glossary
  18. References
  19. Index
  20. Books in This Series