Added: Oct 10, 2008
From: journeymanpictures
Duration: 16:5
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
Tags: africa ancient blue civil communities famine journeyman lifestyle mali people pictures sahara tribal tuareg war
Rating: 4.64 (22 ratings) Views: 8694' favoriteCount='47 Comments: 21
Danyelhabin77 Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - Not true Tuaregs dont call themselves "Whites". White people call Tuareg whites.
dudianus Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - very helpful:)
Crusaderdeluxe Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - beautiful people
lagrade Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - i love touareg
9ways2win Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - They couldn`t hack the pressure.they are from the north.
AskariWaryaa Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - I can't the mysterious Tuareg people have been reduced to this.
balzo0409 Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - I love my country Mali
Bozewani Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - It's such a beautiful video of a beautiful people in an unimaginably beautiful country, it's such a same.
shasanni Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - yes i agree. the "blue man" who roamed free now reduced to farmers and peasants who are desperate for water...wow. i do hope they understand that in order to survive, they will have to abandon their nomadic lifestyle. its either maintaining ur culture or maintaining a livelihood. well, they r not the first african nomadic tribe who has to change and probably won't be the last.
adangme Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - Some Tuaregs are "black." If I'm correct, some Sahelian Blacks marry into the Tuareg tribe.Its not a Black and White thing.
Saheli9 Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - VIVE LE MALI
soloerc Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - Good luck to all of you !
jerryjehs Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - 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
VraiDiouf Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - Actually a lot of Tuaregs are black.
VraiDiouf Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - And yet Tuaregs aren't white, they're black.
Danyelhabin77 Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - 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
haven7734 Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - 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.
Xakryn Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - how about rather than spending money on weapons and bombs, we spend billions trying to push back desertification.
BrainDecrease Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - 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?
1982wsxqaz Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - Thank you to all my press as the cause of the Tuareg, please copies of the tape recorded by the town of Bir Timbuktu
trickay444 Says:
Oct 10, 2008 - subtitles would be helpful