The Lake Chad Region as a Crossroads – Lecture at the Ècole de Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris)
Lecture at EHESS in Paris on the current research results from project 04 „The Lake Chad Region as a Crossroads“.
Lecture at EHESS in Paris on the current research results from project 04 „The Lake Chad Region as a Crossroads“.
The development of cultivated landscapes under the influence of food production has decisively shaped the composition and appearance of West African savannas as present today. With trees and shrubs forming an important constituent of such landscapes, and its composition characterizing different types of land-use, anthracology is a tool particularly well suited to trace developments and changes through human exploitation of the landscape. […]