An academic tradition that has been well established in the western regions of the Sahara has brought to light its standing as a socio-cultural crossroads, ascribing a multifaceted social history and the ubiquitous permeability of the geographic spectrum associated with the Hassaniyya speaking populations


A restaurant in downtown Fderîk, northwestern
Mauritania, where hospitality is often offered
to travelers coming from Tindouf in southern
Algeria

Sahrawi outpost in Guerguerat

Trucks approaching the Mauritanian border, the final stage of the Atlantic route that connects Tangiers to Nouakchott

Mauritanian border post in Guerguerat
© Francisco Freire for CAPSAHARA, 2020