1. The Countries of the Sahel Mrs. Reese

2. The Sahel Means “Border” Overgrazing + Drought = Desertification

3. Empires of the Sahel Ghana Gold, Ivory, Salt Trade Mali Mansa Musa Timbuktu Songhai

4. French rule 5 Colonies Mauritania Burkina Faso Niger Chad Mali

5. People Live near rivers in the South Subsistence Farmers Muslim Nomads Tuareg, Fulani

6. Mauritania Nouakchott Atlantic Ocean Fishing Overfished

7. Mali 65% desert Most live on Niger River Farming Cotton Mining Gold

8. Burkina Faso Subsistence Farming Workers Migrate Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire One of World’s Poorest

9. Chad/Niger Landlocked: no sea or ocean border Niger Uranium Chad Petroleum Great Mosque of Djenne