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Tuareg's Return Home - Mali

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May 1997A report on the plight of the nomadic Tuareg people of the Sahara.For centuries the deserts of northern Mali have sustained the Tuareg; herdsmen known as the 'blue people' of the Sahara. But, in the 1990s the combination of droughts and civil war forced most to abandon their herds and flee to refugee camps in Mauritania. Now Moussa Ag Mohammed is returning to his land; but the loss of his herds, and the remorseless advance of the desert, means his ancient lifestyle is doomed. Mohammet Ali, whose lineage can be traced back twelve hundred years, digs with pitiful tools to maintain an ever sinking well against the dusty backdrop of the desert plains. He refused to fight or flee during the war, sticking by his philosophy 'If it is hot where you are, it's even hotter somewhere else'. Orphaned Faty and her brother tend their precious market garden on a patch of sand outside the village; every last drop of water must be pumped by hand. The Tuareg are still pessimistic that their way of life will die out as their children migrate to the towns for an 'easier' lifestyle

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 1, 2007 at 10:37 am
Author: journeymanpictures

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Tags: Africa  Ancient  blue  civil  communities  famine  Journeyman  lifestyle  Mali  people  Pictures  Sahara  tribal  Tuareg  war  

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1982wsxqaz (October 9, 2008 at 8:29 pm)
Thank you to all my press as the cause of the Tuareg, please copies of the tape recorded by the town of Bir Timbuktu
BrainDecrease (October 8, 2008 at 7:12 am)
put a few dead trees on the moon and you'd get a pretty convincing Mali... Why do we force people to live in such environments?
Xakryn (September 30, 2008 at 8:15 am)
how about rather than spending money on weapons and bombs, we spend billions trying to push back desertification.
haven7734 (September 24, 2008 at 3:10 pm)
tuareg's are people of color, that's it(just like most of the people of Africa).my overseas family are from west and north/west africa and vary in appearance,but all are still proud people of color.let the brainwashing stop,damn.
Danyelhabin77 (September 20, 2008 at 7:06 pm)
Actually, Tuareg are black. Some of them are light and others are black. It depends. They identify a lot more with other blacks like Fulani then they do with someone from France. They dont view themselves as white like white in Europe and USA
VraiDiouf (September 17, 2008 at 8:47 am)
And yet Tuaregs aren't white, they're black.
VraiDiouf (September 17, 2008 at 8:45 am)
Actually a lot of Tuaregs are black.
jerryjehs (August 22, 2008 at 4:01 pm)
que bueno es conocer la cultura de paises africanos como la republica de MALI, me parece muy interesante, muchas gracias por el video.desde Bogota Colombia
soloerc (August 16, 2008 at 12:31 am)
Good luck to all of you !
Saheli9 (August 6, 2008 at 4:47 am)
VIVE LE MALI

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