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Title:Seasons of sand
Author:Aebi, ErnstISNI
Year:1993
Pages:236
Language:English
City of publisher:New York
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
ISBN:0671769359
Geographic term:Mali
Subjects:rural society
economic history
urban history
About person:Ernst AebiISNI
Abstract:In 1987, the author happenend on a little village in the Sahara, 260 kilometres north of Timbuktu (Mali). Its name was Araouane, and for centuries its abundant water supply had made it a bustling hub of the caravan routes. But now, with the region's trade all but dried up, it had been reduced to a squalid cluster of shacks with a population of 120. An ancient class structure supported a white merchant class that ruled the town from afar and kept in perpetual thrall the blacks who worked as their slaves mining salt. In 1988, the author returned to Araouane with a truckload of date palms, seeds, farm equipment, and a vision of self-sufficiency. In this book he tells the story of his project, which lasted until 1991.
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