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- catalog abstract "Wind, Sand, & Silence is an extraordinary photographic document by world traveler/photographer Victor Englebert. Over a period of twenty-six years - from 1965 to 1991 - Englebert lived and traveled with the nomads of Africa. While accompanying them on their journeys across the vast African terrain, or simply living with them in their camps, Englebert captured stunning images of their daily lives amid the barren beauty of their surroundings. Englebert journeyed across the. Spectacular Sahara with two men from the Tuareg tribe; he joined a salt caravan traveling on camelback through the Tenere, a desert within the Sahara and one of the bleakest places on earth; he lived with the shy, gentle, and elusive Bororo, whose only wish is to be beautiful and to dance every day; he traveled with the Danakil who, until recently, considered it their duty to kill intruders; and he lived with the fiercely independent Turkana, who are in constant conflict. With other nomads over scarce pasture and water on the fringes of their territory. This personal, anecdotal account of Englebert's travels is a captivating story, a documentary of a way of life that is quickly disappearing, and a moving record of a noble and exotic culture.".
- catalog alternative "Wind, sand and silence.".
- catalog contributor b4054808.
- catalog coverage "Africa, East Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Africa, North Description and travel.".
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Spectacular Sahara with two men from the Tuareg tribe; he joined a salt caravan traveling on camelback through the Tenere, a desert within the Sahara and one of the bleakest places on earth; he lived with the shy, gentle, and elusive Bororo, whose only wish is to be beautiful and to dance every day; he traveled with the Danakil who, until recently, considered it their duty to kill intruders; and he lived with the fiercely independent Turkana, who are in constant conflict.".
- catalog description "Wind, Sand, & Silence is an extraordinary photographic document by world traveler/photographer Victor Englebert. Over a period of twenty-six years - from 1965 to 1991 - Englebert lived and traveled with the nomads of Africa. While accompanying them on their journeys across the vast African terrain, or simply living with them in their camps, Englebert captured stunning images of their daily lives amid the barren beauty of their surroundings. Englebert journeyed across the.".
- catalog description "With other nomads over scarce pasture and water on the fringes of their territory. This personal, anecdotal account of Englebert's travels is a captivating story, a documentary of a way of life that is quickly disappearing, and a moving record of a noble and exotic culture.".
- catalog extent "181 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0811800105 (hardcover)".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco : Chronicle Books,".
- catalog spatial "Africa, East Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, East.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, North Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, North.".
- catalog subject "305.9/0693 20".
- catalog subject "Englebert, Victor.".
- catalog subject "GN646 .E54 1992".
- catalog subject "Nomads Africa, East.".
- catalog subject "Nomads Africa, North.".
- catalog title "Wind, sand & silence : travels with Africa's last nomads / text and photographs by Victor Englebert.".
- catalog title "Wind, sand and silence.".
- catalog type "text".