We sailed north along the coast of Baja, Mexico from the city of La Paz. The Sea of Cortez has marvelously clear water and is dotted with dozens of hauntingly beautiful islands.
â Sahel. What does Sahel mean? Sahel [sa-hel] as a boys' name is a Hindi name, and Sahel means leader. Sahel is a variant form of Sahil (Hindi).
The Sahelian kingdoms were a series of medieval empires centred on the West African sahel, the area of grasslands south of the Sahara. 1  The first major state to rise in this region was the Kingdom of Ghana.