Réseaux diasporiques commerçants maures : des espaces marginaux aux carrefours internationaux des échanges

Abstract

Depuis les marges sahariennes du Maghreb, en marge, voire en infraction, des cadres formels des échanges, repliés sur des structures sociales tribales, des diasporas commerçantes maures déploient des réseaux mondialisés tissant leur toile à fine échelle au travers de vastes espaces internationaux périphériques. Ces diasporas investissent les carrefours des échanges internationaux, où elles ont acquis un poids économique important, vecteur d’influence sociale et politique, dont les effets se font ressentir en boucle dans le pays d’origine et d’accueil, et dans le jeu politique international. Abstract On the Saharan borders of the Maghreb, Moorish business diasporas have created globalized networks within large international and marginal spaces, alongside the regular frameworks of exchange or even violating the same, caught up in tribal social structures. These diasporas are positioned at the crossroads of international trade, where they have gained significant economic weight, becoming a vector of social and political influence, whose effects are felt both in the country of origin and destination ; and on the international political scene.

On the Saharan borders of the Maghreb, Moorish business diasporas have created globalized networks within large international and marginal spaces, alongside the regular frameworks of exchange or even violating the same, caught up in tribal social structures. These diasporas are positioned at the crossroads of international trade, where they have gained significant economic weight, becoming a vector of social and political influence, whose effects are felt both in the country of origin and destination ; and on the international political scene.