The climate change project has resulted in the following DVD:
Voices from the Sahel
Camera-sound-editing: Josee van Steenbrugge. Translation: Mirjam de
Bruijn. Technical advice: VidecamMusic: Fulbe/ Hayre
This film is about practical dilemmas of people living in a harsh
environment. For people in the Sahel and Sudan zone, mobility has always
been an important way to cope with the insecurities and hardship of the
environment they live in. Hardship is often caused by climatic
circumstances: drought and irregular rainfall.
The stories they tell about their lives and the difficulties they
encounter often feature migration to other places. Some move from the north
to the south of Mali. Some, like the Dem family, eventually stay in the
north but make expeditions to other regions. For others, like the Sankare
family, life becomes too strenuous and they decide to move to the south
where they ultimately stay as life there offers more economic opportunities
than life in the north. However, especially for women, the migration
experience leads to feelings of being ill at ease, in spite of the fact that
the migration brought more economic security. Even those returning to their
home village seem to be at a loss.
- The DVD can be ordered from the ASC. (€ 15,
shipping costs not included)
Screenshots taken from the DVD. |
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