Mali. Message from the River
Description
As climate change lays waste to the Niger River, the great Malian city of Timbuktu increasingly resembles a desert landscape. The same is true for much of land-locked Mali, which could, in a worst-case scenario, find itself without water altogether. Incorporating discussions of poverty, population growth, and other issues, this film examines the impact of desertification on two of the nation's indigenous peoples - the fishing-dependent Bozo, who have plied their trade along the Niger for centuries, and the Tuareg, an equally nomadic, pastoral culture threatened by the depletion of desert wells. A Malian environmentalist and a Timbuktu historian both share their expertise.
Runtime
25 min
Series
Subjects
- Human geography (324)
- Wealth (179)
- Power (Social sciences) (152)
- Cultural geography (235)
- Environmental geography (78)
- Social classes (184)
- Social ecology (250)
- Economic geography (159)
- Human ecology (350)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2010], c2009
Database
Films on Demand
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