8. Concluding Thoughts
In concluding this blog, I would to reflect back on the aim I set out for this blog in the very first post and the process of crafting each blog post since. I tried to include a variety of nuanced human-geographical perspectives that provided insight into how and why politics influences the water crisis in the Sahel. Overall, I think I have been proficient in honoring the different contexts where water scarcity manifests politically by gathering and differentiating case studies from varied Sahelian countries. My goal was to not generalize the African continent or the Sahelian region by being in depth and thorough in my analysis and research to examine closely factors on varying scales that affect water issues. Overall, I began by analyzing the political ramifications of managing transboundary water resources across the region and highlighted how different nationalist agendas and the failure of institutional intervention result in the uncoordinated management of the Sahelian aquifers
