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Nomads Salt Caravans in the Niger
Title
Nomads [electronic resource (video)] : Salt Caravans in the Niger / Scorpion TV.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2008.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on November 24, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
Situated near an oasis in Niger's Ayar Mountains, the remote settlement of Timia is home to small-scale wheat growers. Once a year, after the harvest is done, members of the Kel Ewen clan federation - a subgroup of the Tuareg nomads - will venture into the merciless Tenere desert to trade their wares. Almost 600 kilometers lie between the paradise-like gardens of Timia and the village of Bilma, which produces salt from evaporation ponds. Bilma is, traditionally, one of the last stops on the age-old trans-Saharan trade route, and its salt is widely recognized as a trading article for grain and all manner of goods. This program follows a camel caravan as it makes its way along the route, taking on salt in Bilma, then heading further southward to Nigeria. A
Variant and related titles
Salt Caravans in the Niger
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Other formats
Originally produced: Scorpion TV, 2008.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Nomads: How Ancient Traveling Societies Persevere
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
8 and up.
Contents
Preparation for Caravan (3:06)
Family Life in a Tuareg Village (1:59)
At the Oasis (3:42)
Role of Tuareg Women (1:58)
Male Behavior (2:14)
Day of Farewells (2:26)
Self-Contained Society (3:38)
Drinking Troughs for the Animals (2:53)
Elder Wisdom (1:49)
Caravan Challenges (2:59)
Across the Desert (3:08)
Desert Nights (2:38)
Destination (1:51)
Bilma Marketplace (2:19)
Bilma's Salt Works (3:33)
Journey Toward Home (2:37)
Near Journey's End (1:47)
Traces of an Ancient Civilization (1:46)
Sensory Experience (1:31)
Home at Last (3:49)
Credits: Nomads: Salt Caravans in the Niger (0:09)
Videorecording number
44866s Infobase
44867 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Scorpion TV.
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