SÉMIOTIQUE DU DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE : GESTION DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES AU SAHEL ET DÉFIS ACTUELS
SEMIOTICS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE SAHEL AND CURRENT CHALLENGES

Summary/Abstract: Life forms in traditional Africa remain globally characterized by a remarkable symbiosis between man and nature. This situation is based on lifestyles, rules and standards established by the guarantors of tradition to regulate interactions between man and his environment. In short, it is about forms of life in adequacy with the laws of nature. But, like other continents, Africa was quickly contaminated by new ways of life imposed on it by the progress of science and technology, that is to say modernity. A gap is then widened, not only between man and man but also between man and nature. This shows that the hope raised by science through socio-economic development and human well-being was only short-lived. Humanity is quickly overtaken by the challenges of a new order of development, challenges that it is struggling to meet. The solutions hitherto proposed by the various development actors, namely politicians, economists, researchers, etc. have proven ineffective. To respond to this concern, this research, which is in the wake of the semiotics of cultures and the semiotics of development, endeavors to examine how culture and traditional religion made it possible to effectively manage the environment in pre-colonial Africa in general, on the one hand, and on the other hand, it examines the current challenges of sustainable management of the environment in the Sahel in particular.

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