ABSTRACT
Environmental conditions in the Sahel in conjunction with human factors leading to a severe degradation of the land have long affected life resources in the Dogon region—such as millet, which too often remains scarce if not unattainable. In addition to localised flash floods, long periods of drought followed by delayed, irregular, and insufficient rainfall brought by the West African Monsoon frequently prevent crop development. Hence, hidden behind its dramatic natural and cultural aesthetics, the Dogon landscape of the village of Tiréli in the tɔrɔ sɔ region enfolds a dimension of absence—of water, of fertile soil, of millet (the production of which characterises the Dogon people’s self-subsistence economy).
