INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCE RESEARCH
IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY

This research explores population origins, acculturalization processes, and conflict in the Sahel by scrutinizing relevant scholarly research in the region. This scrutiny revealed that, the populations of the Sahel are genetically composed of heterogeneous origins of Arabs, Eurasian, Africans, and Berber, and who were subjected to diverse acculturalization processes of Arabicization, Islamisation, diversification, “Berberization”, and identity formation, and who are experiencing various forms of conflicts sourced from climatic, political, social, and resource – based factors. The research proposes some regional integration prospects for the Sahel to alleviate the impacts of vast heterogeneity of population origins, diverse acculturalization processes, and severe conflicts.