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# Posted: 8 Feb 12 19:13
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Hi everybody !
Perhaps someones were puzzled by these old Sahara pics. All of them were shot during the so-called "Mission Anthropologique Belge au Niger" (Belgian Anthropological Survey in Niger) which was carried out from November 70 to January 71. This Mission was supported by the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research, the University of Louvain, the University of Namur and the Center for Hemotypology in Toulouse (France). The mission intended to study Tubbu nomads, who were still rather mysterious, along with their desertic environment.
By that time, before the era of the Paris-Dakar rallye, Tenere desert was an almost empty yellow spot on Michelin's map, and only 2 scientific missions had worked in this area.
The first one was the famous "Croisière Noire" André Citroën, which in 1924 went across the southern rim of the Tenere desert. The second one, also famous, was the "Berliet-Ténéré Mission", which was carried out in 1959-1960, and rolled over the desert with its big trucks. They collected a huge amount of scientific data.
Our mission had lesser objectives, and was restricted to the NE rim of Tenere desert. We worked especially in Djado, where a Tubbu tribe accepted to be involved in anthropological, ethnological and medical investigations. Moreover, both doctors of the Mission provided medical assistance to these nomads who had not met doctors since about 8 years.
I was one of these doctors.
With my agreement, the Mission authorities used by the end of the 70s some slides I shot. The young Tubbu's portrait (pic # 1286301) has appeared in some magazines, especially in Belgium, but I certify I still hold the original slide, along with the copyright.
I wish you a nice time with Woophy
Best regards
JF
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