English transcription: At the request of the Governments of Algeria and Tunisia, a study of the ground water resources of the Northern Sahara was undertaken by UNESCO, acting as the executing Agency for the United Nations Development Programme. According to the experts, this immense territory of 500,000 sq. miles contains sufficient underground water to guarantee the agricultural development of double the existing irrigated land which could conceivably create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs by the year 2000. Traditional foggaras sometimes several kilometers long feed ground water to the irrigation canals. French transcription: À la demande des gouvernements algérien et tunisien, une étude des ressources en eau du sous-sol du Sahara septentrional a été entreprise par le Programme des Nations-Unies pour le développement dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution. Selon les experts, cet immense territoire de 800.000 km2 recèle toute l'eau nécessaire pour garantir le développement hydro-agricole en doublant la surface des terres irriguées et pour favoriser la création de 20.000 à 30.000 emplois nouveaux d'ici à l'an 2000. Longue de plusieurs kilomètres, cette foggara(galerie drainante traditionnelle) permet d'acheminer l'eau souterraine aux canaux d'irrigation. Description: The water flows down a low wall through a sort of stone comb dividing the water into different channels.
English transcription: UNESCO project for the access of girls and women to education. The African sun is so hot in the month of May that the students cool their feet in water whilst studying. French transcription: Projet de l'UNESCO pour l'accès des femmes à l'éducation. Cours normal de jeunes-filles. Il fait si chaud au mois de Mai, que les étudiantes révisent leurs leçons, les pieds dans les lavabos de la cour de récréation. Description: Outdoors, alongside a double row of washbasins 4 adolescent girls are studying learning materials, the 2 front ones while seated on the lips of the washbasins, their feet plunged into water. There are trees in the background. Location: Ouagadougou.
English transcription: Wash day. French transcription: Lessive au village. Description: On top, a village of thatched, peaky roofed houses; and below, many village women and girls (and perhaps a spectator boy or two) tending to laundry in a passing river. In between the two, many items of laundry have been laid out to dry on the grasses alongside the village to river pathway. Location: Nzerekore, Region of.
English transcription: Arid zones - interior of a Berber home in the Anti-Atlas. French transcription: Zones arides - scène à l'intérieur d'une maison berbère de l'Anti-Atlas. Description: Two women in a room with stone walls. One of them is kneeling in front of a dish kneading dough. Location: Goulimine.
English transcription: Nomad life. French transcription: Vie nomade. Description: A young nomad woman peering out of a leather and reed tent perched upon a wooden framework atop a camel.
English transcription: Arid zones - members of the family having their meal on the terrace of their house. South Moroccans eat very little meat and few vegetables, most dishes are made of couscous or barley. French transcription: Zones arides - la famille se rassemble sur la terrasse de la maison pour prendre son repas à base d'orge ou de couscous, les habitants du sud marocain consommant très peu de viande et de légumes. Description: A crouching mother - various pots and bowls on the ground in front of her - is preparing a meal for her 3 children (2 boys and a girl). The eldest boy is stretching his hand out to receive a partly filled bowl from his mother. Location: Tafilalet, Region of.
English transcription: Pilgrims resting on their way to the holy tomb of Sidi-Abdallah among the sand dunes. French transcription: Pèlerinage de la Sidi-Abdallah. A une certaine époque de l'année les habitants du pays se rendent en pèlerinage près d'un tombeau (Marabout) au milieu des sables. Ici, le tombeau au milieu des dunes et les premiers pèlerins. Description: A gathering - in the desert - of standing and seated pilgrims, around the stone tomb of Marabout Sidi-Abdalla. A laded camel is being towed towards the group.
English transcription: Arid zones - branches of palmtrees are used for firewood. French transcription: Zones arides - les branches de palmier servent de combustible. Description: Dans une plaine sèche, un homme porte sur son dos un énorme fagot de feuilles de palmier. Il y a à ses côtés des moutons qui avancent. On voit derrière lui une palmeraie. Location: Rafilalet region.
English transcription: Arid Zones - members of the family having their meal on the terrace of their house. South Moroccans eat very little meat and few vegetables, most dishes are made of couscous or barley. French transcription: Zones arides - la famille se rassemble sur la terrasse de la maison pour prendre son repas à base d'orge ou de couscous, les habitant du sud marocain consommant très peu de viande et de légumes. Description: Sur une terrasse au moins trois génération d'une même famille sont en train de manger. Ils sont assis par terre. Une petite table sert à poser les verres et pichet. Chaque membre a un bol. Le grand père mange du pain. Location: Tafilalet.
English transcription: Encampment of nomads of the Danakil tribe in the Goudah Mountains. (The tents are made of palm fibre matting). French transcription: Campement de Nomades Danakil dans les Monts Goudah. (Tente faite de nattes en fibres de Palmier doum). Description: Four people, members of the Danakil Tribe are in front of a tent made of palm fibers in a somewhat grassy area. Location: Somaliland Goudah Mountains.
English transcription: Arid zones. Nomad women weave their tents from goat and sheep wool on a traditional loom. These tents consist of several strips. French transcription: Zones arides - la femme nomade tisse sa tente en laine de chèvre et de mouton sur un métier traditionnel. Elle se compose de plusieurs bandes. Description: Dans un desert, des femmes sont en train de tisser. Elles sont assises par terre et travaillent à même le sol. L'une d'entre elles est debout et tiennent dans sa main une pelote de fil. Au second plan, on voit leur tente et des collines. Location: Goulimine area.
English transcription: Arid zones - this traditional water clock known as a 'tammat' times the outflow of irrigation water. French transcription: Zones arides - appareil traditionnel sorte d'horloge à eau appelée tammat servant à mesurer le temps de distribution d'eau destinée à l'irrigation. Description: Two men dressed in desert clothing are sitting around a water clock. It is a metal pot with a bowl in the middle. Both are filled with water. The background is very dry and rocky. Location: Goulimine District .
English transcription: Arid zones - ploughing. French transcription: Zones arides - labourage. Description: A man with two emaciated cows ploughing a field. His head is covered by a scarf and he is wearing a necklace. He has no shoes. He wears a bracelet on each write. In one hand he is carrying a switch. The field is dry and barren. Some shrubbery and tall grass is seen in the background. Location: Agadir and Tisnit area.
English transcription: A well in the Atar region. French transcription: Un puits dans la région d'Atar. Description: A man is pulling up water with a rope from a simply constructed well. The area appears very sandy with palm like vegetation in the background. Location: Atar.
English transcription: Nomad. French transcription: Nomade. Description: A nomad woman riding a camel. She is wearing a burka and no shoes. On one hand she has a ring, in which she is also holding a riding whip.
English transcription: A heard of cattle looking for grazing ground, difficult to find in this arid region. French transcription: Troupeau cherchant la pâture, rare en cette région désertique. Description: In the foreground there is a herd of thin cattle. Behind are men herding the cattle, some are riding camels. In the foreground there is a small pond and a village with other people and animals visible.
Description: 3 adults and 3 children are gathered around a fountain. With their feet or hands in the water and their white clothing, it seems that they are looking for some cooling off.
English transcription: Dried garden. French transcription: Jardin désséché. Description: The image shows dry, cracked soil with dead plants that were a garden. Location: Leghouat.
French transcription: Sénégal. Désertification dans le nord. Description: A dead animal lies in the desert near what looks like its former herd. There are dry looking trees in the area.
English transcription: It only rains for three months a year in Niger. During the remaining nine months the ground cracks and the upper crust turns to dust which is blown about in the wind. The humidity is sometimes less than 1%. French transcription: Il ne pleut que 3 mois par an au Niger. Durant les 9 mois de sécheresse (l'humidité est parfois de moins de 1%), la terre se fend puis se transforme en poudre que le vent disperse. Description: A person is standing on the cracked rocks of a desert in a t-shirt and sun hat interacting with a dry patch of grass.
English transcription: The Tassili des Ajjer is a vast rocky sandstone plateau which, due to its altitude (5,000 ft.), has a comparatively humid climate. Because of this, the plateau is one of the rare zones in the Algerian south where vegetation has survived - in the main, cypresses and wild olive trees. Its inhabitants, the Touareg Ajjer, are nomadic shepherds. Shown here is a nomad family with their flocks setting up camp on the Tassili plateau, near the oasis of Djanet. French transcription: Le Tassili Ajjer est un vaste plateau de grès dont l'altitude relativement élevée (1500 m.) lui confère une humidité qui a permis la survie d'une rare végétation (principalement cyprès et oliviers). Cette région est habitée par les Touaregs Ajjer ; nomades vivant des ressources que leur offrent leurs troupeaux de chèvres. Ici, nomades et leur troupeau de chèvres dans les environs de Tamrit sur le Plateau du Tassili près de l'Oasis de Djanet. Description: A nomad family, known as the Touareg Ajjer, with their goat flocks setting up camp on the Tassili plateau, near the oasis of Djanet. Location: Tassili des Ajjer.
English transcription: Arid zones - drinking-water hole near the Oued Reris. French transcription: Zones arides -point d'eau potable auprès de l'oued Reris. Description: A person with a striped shirt, pants, a belt, and a headband is filling an urn with water in a rocky desert. The person has a second urn. Location: Tafilalet Region.
English transcription: Arid zones - traditional well in the Sahara regions. Water is drawn by a camel or a donkey. French transcription: Zones arides - système de puits traditionnel des pays sahariens l'eau est puisée à l'aide d'un chameau ou d'un âne. Description: A camel is being used by a man to draw water from a well of simple construction. The area they are in appears very arid and sandy with multiple palms visible in the background. Location: Tafilalet Region.
English transcription: Arid zones - the water is fetched and carried by women when the water supply is not too far distant from the dewellings. French transcription: Zones arides. Ce sont les femmes qui vont chercher l'eau lorsque le point d'eau n'est pas très éloigné de l'habitation. Description: En plein desert, deux femmes portent sur leur épaule ou sur leur tête une cruche ou sceau d'eau. Elles se dirigent vers la ville. L'une est pieds nus, l'autre a des chaussures. On aperçoit en second plan un groupe d'hommes assis contre un mur. Location: Goulimine area.
English transcription: Arid zones - nomad baby drinking camel milk in a tent. French transcription: Zones arides - vie nomade. Un petit enfant, sous la tente, s'est emparé d'une tasse remplie de lait de chameau. Description: An infant, lying on its stomach on the floor of a tent, drinking camel milk from a large metal cup. Location: Goulimine district.
English transcription: Arid zones - collecting fuel is woman's work in this southern region of the country. French transcription: Zones arides - le ramassage du bois est un travail réservé à la femme. Description: In a desert landscape, a rural woman holding up high over her head a huge, tied bundle of wood for burning. She is accompanied by a girl, carrying a small boy on her back. Location: Goulimine district.
English transcription: Nomad life. French transcription: Vie nomade. Description: A white-swathed man leading a camel with two small children clinging to a saddle, followed by a second camel, being led by a woman under a protective tent-like structure. They appear to be leaving a fortified village behind them.
English transcription: Arid zones - ploughing with a Roman-type plough in an oasis. French transcription: Zones arides - labourage à la charrue romaine dans une oasis. Description: A young man guiding a wooden plough being drawn through a field by a mule. The field is surrounded by palm treees. Location: Tafilalet district.
English transcription: Arid zones - camel market at Goulimine. French transcription: Zones arides - marché aux chameaux à Goulimine. Description: A busy outdoor dromedary market. A turbaned man - all in black - is sitting on a rock-strewn ground, hand holding a rope tied to the bridle of one of the beasts. Location: Goulimine area.
English transcription: Nomad. French transcription: Nomade. Description: A barefoot, white-clad nomad, head and face swaddled in white cloth, sitting atop a dromedary. He is holding a rein, and a three-tined saddlehorn.
English transcription: The Oasis of Djanet is situated in a river wadi between the Plateau of Tassili des Ajjer and the sendy wastes of the Erg d'Admer. Due to the plentiful water supply, the non-nomadic inhabitants live by farming. To supplement their staple diet of dates, the people grow small patches of grain in the shade of the palms. Shown here is a farmer working on his May grain harvest. French transcription: L'Oasis de Djanet est située au bord d'un oued, entre le Plateau du Tassili des Ajjer et l'Erg d'Admer. Les puits traditionnels fournissent l'eau en abondance permettant ainsi à la population sédentaire de la région de vivre de la culture. Ici, un fermier coupe du blé. En effet, grâce à l'irrigation, les villageois arrivent à cultiver les céréales dans leurs petits jardins, ce qui apporte un appoint appréciable à leur alimentation à base de dattes. Description: Un homme en tenue traditionnelle, la tête recouverte d'un turban est en train de récolter du blé à la main. Au second plan, on devine un autre homme et de nombreux palmier. Location: Oasis of Djanet.
English transcription: Arid zones - nomad woman making flour for the preparation of her meal. French transcription: Zones arides - vie nomade. Une femme nomade prépare la farine nécessaire à la confection du repas. Description: A veiled woman sitting on the ground in a tent, hand-grinding flour. A large flat round woven basket is on the ground to her left. Location: Goulimine area.
English transcription: Arid zones - nomads having a meal in their tent. French transcription: Zones arides - vie nomade. Le repas sous la tente. Description: A turbaned man, a young girl, and a young boy are sitting on the ground of a tent eating with their fingers from a large metal dish set into a flat woven basket. Location: Goulimine region.
English transcription: Arid zones. Dates are precious food and often the main course of the nomads' meals in the far south of Morocco. Even the animals seem to be fond of them. French transcription: Zones arides. Les dattes fournissent un aliment très précieux et bien souvent c'est le plat principal des repas des nomades de l'extrême sud marocain. Ici, les animaux semblent aussi goûter ces fruits précieux. Description: A young boy with a ram, both sitting on a mat on the floor of a tent. They are eating dates from a large flat woven basket. The boy - in a white djellaba and wool cloak - has a traditionally styled shaved head. There is a large white metal cup in front of the boy. Location: Goulimine area.
English transcription: Arid zones - tea is the most important drink in Morocco. Children as well as adults drink it. French transcription: Zones arides - enfants comme adultes boivent du thé qui est la boisson principale de la population marocaine. Description: At home, a man and 2 children are sitting on the floor in front of a large kettle atop a small cooker. They are in traditional garb and drinking tea in small tea glasses. There is a pair of babouches (slippers) on the floor next to the cooker, and 2 wall decorations (one with a hanging metal teapot) on the back wall. Location: Goulimine area.
English transcription: Arid zones - children of the Ksar. French transcription: Zones arides -des enfants du Ksar. Description: Young children in djellabas (2 hanging from tree limbs and a sling) standing/playing on the other side of a road in front of the entrance to a two-tower white ksar (castle). Location: Tafilalet region.
English transcription: Arid Zones - sources of drinking water are rare in this region and are used by people from miles around. Shown here is the queue awaiting their turn at the pump. French transcription: Zones arides - les points d'eau douce sont rares dans cette région et on y vient de très loin. Ici, on fait queue autour de l'un de ces points. Description: Several men in traditional garb pulling water from a well or waiting their turn. Some men are sitting on donkeys laden with water jugs in woven baskets. Location: Tafilalet district.
English transcription: The recent discovery of a deep artesian well gives a completely revised picture of the future development of this region of the Sahara desert. Experimental borings have released high pressure jets of water at a temperature of 60°C which is already being used in the irrigation channels of the region. Shown here is the fountain in the main square of Fort Flatters. French transcription: La nappe albienne (nappe d'eau fossile) constitue la plus importante des richesses du sous-sol saharien. Des forages ont permis d'exploiter cette eau qui sort de terre sous forte pression et à une température de 60°C. Canalisée pour l'irrigation, elle rend ainsi peu à peu la vie à ce grand désert. Ici, une fontaine sur la grande place de Fort-Flatters. Description: In the foreground a young girl at a cylindrical shaped water fountain with water pouring out of the spout. The child is standing in a dry field with no vegetation, between two large mounds of small stones or dirt. In the background is a tractor in front of a white building with a dome and three arched windows. There are two men standing behind a wire mesh fence. In the far background can be seen the tops of what may be large sand dunes. Location: Fort Flatters.
English transcription: A continent awakes. Although the overwhelming majority of the 210 million people in Africa make their living on the land, enormous changes are taking place. New nations are being formed, there is an increasing, world-wide demand for the continent's minerals and raw materials, power resources are being developed, communications opened up by rail, road and sea, and local industries are springing up. Through the new United Nations Economic Commission for Africa the governments are also working together to promote the economy of the continent and to raise living standards. The Gezira is the center of Sudan's cotton economy and the site of one of the world's great irrigation projects. In this photograph a farmer is seen controlling the flow of water to a local garden. Description: On a wall in the midde of a canal, a man in white turban and long white robe, is looking at the camera while manipulating a metalic screw. There are 6/7 cows on the other side of the canal. Location: State of GEZIRA.
French transcription: Désertification dans le nord. Description: Sur un terre aride se tient un arbre complètement mort. Il est entouré par du bois mort et des arbrisseaux. La terre semble sèche et sabloneuse.
English transcription: At the request of the Governments of Algeria and Tunisia, a study of the ground water resources of the Northern Sahara was undertaken by UNESCO, acting as the executing Agency for the United Nations Development Programme. According to the experts, this immense territory of 500,000 sq. miles contains sufficient underground water to guarantee the agricultural development of double the existing irrigated land which could conceivably create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs by the year 2000. Drilling station at Zelfana. An expert (right) and a technician examining the overflow. French transcription: A la demande des gouvernements algérien et tunisien, une étude des ressources en eau du sous-sol du Sahara septentrional a été entreprise par le Programme des Nations-Unies pour le développement dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution. Selon les experts, cet immense territoire de 800.000 km2 recèle toute l'eau nécessaire pour garantir le développement hydroagricole en doublant la surface des terres irriguées et pour favoriser la création de 20.000 à 30.000 emplois nouveaux d'ici à l'an 2000. Forage à Zelfana. Un expert (à dr.) et un technicien surveillent la mesure du débit d'eau. Description: To men wearing jackets, crouching on rocky ledges at a water basin on either side of a water passage. The man on the right seems to be holding an instrument in the water and the man on the left has his right hand in the water and seems to have a cigarette between his lips. There also seems to be a man carrying an instrument or firearm at the extreme center right of the photo.
English transcription: At the request of the Governments of Algeria and Tunisia, a study of the ground water resources of the Northern Sahara was undertaken by UNESCO, acting as the executing Agency for the United Nations Development Programme. According to the experts, this immense territory of 500,000 sq. miles contains sufficient underground water to guarantee the agricultural development of double the existing irrigated land which could conceivably create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs by the year 2000. Metering equipment at well head which measures height of water table. French transcription: A la demande des gouvernements algérien et tunisien, une étude des ressources en eau du sous-sol du Sahara septentrional a été entreprise par le Programme des Nations-Unies pour le développement dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution. Selon les experts, cet immense territoire de 800.000 km2 recèle toute l'eau nécessaire pour garantir le développement hydroagricole en doublant la surface des terres irriguées et pour favoriser la création de 20.000 à 30.000 emplois nouveaux d'ici à l'an 2000. Appareil de mesure du débit d'eau. Description: A rectangular meter with a Bosco & Co Torino metal plate showing a meter reading of 0.56 and containing a roll of continuous form paper with holes on each side and enclosed in glass. The meter is set on a large pipe and is inside a site surrounded by wire mesh. In the distance a desert landscape.
English transcription: At the request of the Governments of Algeria and Tunisia, a study of the ground water resources of the Northern Sahara was undertaken by UNESCO, acting as the executing Agency for the United Nations Development Programme. According to the experts, this immense territory of 500,000 sq. miles contains sufficient underground water to guarantee the agricultural development of double the existing irrigated land which could conceivably create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs by the year 2000. Feeder pipes carrying water for irrigation from the underground source at Zelfana. French transcription: A la demande des gouvernements algérien et tunisien, une étude des ressources en eau du sous-sol du Sahara septentrional a été entreprise par le Programme des Nations-Unies pour le développement dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution. Selon les experts, cet immense territoire de 800.000 km2 recèle toute l'eau nécessaire pour garantir le développement hydro-agricole en doublant la surface des terres irriguées et pour favoriser la création de 20.000 à 30.000 emplois nouveaux d'ici à l'an 2000. Installations d'amenée d'eau à Zelfana pour l'irrigation. Description: In the foreground huge waterpipes, the connections of which are covered by a dark material, in front of a one-story rectangular building under construction. There are two men on top of the building, one bent ove and the othe carring a pail, and there are small piles of stones and large metal open-ended tubes at the site, which is surrounded by wire-mesh fencing. There are also several small trees at the site. Location: Zelfana.
English transcription: At the request of the Governments of Algeria and Tunisia, a study of the ground water resources of the Northern Sahara was undertaken by UNESCO, acting as the executing Agency for the United Nations Development Programme. According to the experts, this immense territory of 500,000 sq. miles contains sufficient underground water to guarantee the agricultural development of double the existing irrigated land which could conceivably create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs by the year 2000. Water supply for the oasis. French transcription: A la demande des gouvernements algérien et tunisien, une étude des ressources en eau du sous-sol du Sahara septentrional a été entreprise par le Programme des Nations-Unies pour le développement dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution. Selon les experts, cet immense territoire de 800,000 km2 recèle toute l'eau nécessaire pour garantir le développement hydro-agricole en doublant la surface des terres irriguées et pour favoriser la création de 20.000 à 30.000 emplois nouveaux d'ici à l'an 2000. Poste distributeur d'eau pour les oasis. Description: A man wearing dark shirt and pants with back turned to camera, looking down at a site in the ground surrounded by mesh wire in a rocky, desert landscape surrounded by trees.
English transcription: At the request of the Governments of Algeria and Tunisia, a study of the ground water resources of the Northern Sahara was undertaken by UNESCO, acting as the executing agency for the United Nations Development Programme. According to the experts, this immense territory of 500,000 sq. miles contains sufficient underground water to guarantee the agricultural development of double the existing irrigated lands which could conceivably create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs by the year 2000. Date palms, dotted around underground water resources near Timimoun provide the principal culture of this region. French transcription: A la demande des gouvernements algérien et tunisien, une étude des ressources en eau du sous-sol du Sahara septentrional a été entreprise par le Programme des Nations-Unies pour le développement dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution. Selon les experts, cet immense territoire de 800,000 km2 recèle toute l'eau nécessaire pour garantir le développement hydro-agricole en doublant la surface des terres irriguées et pour favoriser la création de 20,00 à 30,00 emplois nouveaux d'ici à l'an 2000. Ces palmiers, groupés autour d'un point d'eau près de Timimoun, sont la principale culture de la région. Description: Aerial view of an expanse of desert, dotted with palm trees. On the left is what appears to be a cluster of delimited zones for various cultivation purposes. And at the bottom is an enclosure, with a farmhouse, surrounded by a thicker number of trees. Location: Timimoun (near to).
English transcription: Hunters cutting up the body of an elephant. French transcription: Des chasseurs découpant un éléphant. Description: Three African men standing in the brush, are wielding spears and cutting up and tearing off the skin of an elephant, whose rear end skin and tail are visible. One man wears a necklace and a piece of cloth tied on his torso, another is bare-chested and is wearing a garment on his lower body that has the motif of a star or flower and the third man is also wearing a piece of cloth tied at his shoulder. Two are wearing similar bracelets on both wrists. Location: Northern Uganda.
English transcription: Study of the dynamics of plant communities in Mauritania made by the Institut français d'Afrique noire for UNESCO. Locust swarm. French transcription: Étude de la dynamique des groupements végétaux en Mauritanie effectuée pour l'UNESCO par l'Institut français d'Afrique noire. Vol de criquets pèlerins. Description: Sandy looking soil is covered with small plants and a swarm of locusts. The bugs are also airborne and seen clinging to a mesh fence.
English transcription: Arid zones - sandstorm around a nomad camp. French transcription: Zones arides - vent de sable aux alentours d'un campement de nomades. Description: A dromedary lies on the ground with its head elevated, looking into the camera. Two tents are seen in the background. Location: Goulimine region.
English transcription: The track from Zinder to Agadès. French transcription: Piste de Zinder à Agadès. Description: Dry, arid land with trees to the right and a dirt road to the left of the picture. In the distance is a tall rock formation; a shadowy figure stands near the top of it.
English transcription: A view of the desert in the Atar-Chinguetti region. French transcription: Le désert dans la région d'Atar-Chinguetti. Description: A desert scene with rock and sand formations extending into the distance. Location: Atar-Chinguetti.
English transcription: Arid zones - the dried-up rocky bed of the salt-water Wadi Noun. French transcription: Zones arides - dalles rocheuses au fond de l'Oued Noun dont l'eau est salée. Description: A mostly dried-up riverbed is surrounded by canyon-type rock formations. A small stream of water is seen in the foreground. Location: Goulimine area.
English transcription: Gully erosion. French transcription: Érosion. Description: At a distance, a man, who may be a park ranger, holding a rifle upright looks onto the eroded gully. Location: Suk - Western Kenya.
English transcription: Typical example of slumping due to erosion. In the foreground an aleurite plantation. French transcription: Sur la montagne, glissement de terrain dû à l'érosion. Au premier plan, plantation d'aleurites. Description: The view begins at the edge of a tree plantation which extends to a series of rolling hills. A landslide is seen on the face of the hill closest to the end of the plantation. Location: Imerina Province.
French transcription: Forêts pétrifiées région de Thiès. Description: Petrified trees with bare limbs in the Thiès region of Senegal stand in dry, arid land. Location: Thiès.
English transcription: Western Great Erg. French transcription: Grand Erg occidental. Description: Sand mounds in the desert extend as far as the eye can see. In the foreground a single set of footprints trails off into the distance.
English transcription: View of the Mauritanian desert. French transcription: Zones arides - vue du désert mauritanien. Description: In the foreground is a rock formation in an arid land. At a distance three people stand by a truck.
English transcription: Arid zone - landscape in the Sunyukaia district. French transcription: Paysage de cette région aride. Description: Landscape of arid land with small gnarly trees. A dirt road is seen on the bottom left corner of the picture. A dramatic, cloudy sky hangs over the land. Location: Sunyukaia.
English transcription: The Oasis of Djanet is situated in a river wadi between the Plateau of Tassili des Ajjer and the sandy wastes of the Erg d'Admer. Due to the plentiful water supply, the non-nomadic inhabitants of the oasis live by farming. Shown here, is a group of women returning from the well stop to rest and talk in the shade of a palm tree. French transcription: L'Oasis de Djanet est située au bord d'un oued, entre le Plateau du Tassili des Ajjer et l'Erg d'Admer. Les puits traditionnels fournissent l'eau en abondance, permettant ainsi à la population sédentaire de la région de vivre de la culture. Ici, une vue de la Palmeraie. Description: A group of Women, some with buckets atop their heads, gather under the shade of a palm tree. Location: Oasis of Djanet.
English transcription: The Oasis of Djanet is situated in a river wadi between the Plateau of Tassili des Ajjer and the sandy wastes of the Erg D'Admer. Due to the plentiful water supply, the non-nomadic inhabitants of the oasis live by farming. Here, a view of the oasis village of El-Mihan. French transcription: L'Oasis de Djanet est située au bord d'un oued, entre le plateau du Tassili des Ajjer et l'Erg d'Admner. Les puits traditionnels fournissent l'eau en abondance permettant ainsi à la population sédentaire de la région de vivre de la culture. Ici, une vue du village d'´El-Mihan dans l'oasis de Djanet. Description: Buildings of El-Mihan are shown; two single figures dressed in long dark robes are along its paths. Location: El-Mihan.
English transcription: At the request of the Governments of Algeria and Tunisia, a study of the ground water resources of the Northern Sahara was undertaken by UNESCO, acting as the executing Agency for the United Nations Development Programme. According to the experts, this immense territory of 500,000 sq. miles contains sufficient underground water to guarantee the agricultural development of double the existing irrigated land which could conceivably create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs by 2000. The oasis of Timimoun. French transcription: À la demande des gouvernements algérien et tunisien, une étude des ressources en eau du sous-sol du Sahara septentrional a été entreprise par le Programme des Nations-Unies pour le développement dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution. Selon les experts, cet immense territoire de 800 000 km2 recèle toute l'eau nécessaire pour garantir le développement hydro-agricole en doublant la surface des terres irriguées et pour favoriser la création de 20 000 à 30 000 emplois nouveaux d'ici l'an 2000. L'oasis de Timimoun située dans cette région. Description: View of the Timimoun oasis with desert in the background.
English transcription: Remains of a camel on the ancient trade route between Egypt and the interior of Africa. French transcription: Les restes d'un chameau sur l'ancienne route de commerce entre l'Egypte et l'intérieur africain. Description: Dans un dessert de sable, photo d'un squelette de chameau. On ne voit que du sable à perte de vue.
English transcription: Deep gully and sheet erosion resulting from serious over-grazing by cattle and goats. French transcription: Les troupeaux et les chèvres ont contribué fortement à rendre cette région inculte. Description: Vue d'une plaine avec des arbres rachitiques et surtout aucune végétation au sol. Impression de désolation. Location: Suk.
English transcription: Arid zones - the argan tree. This tree is very common in the arid and rocky area and, without it, the population could not survive. The oil extracted from its fruit is greatly appreciated ; the cows feed on the fruits ; the goats and camels eat the leaves, because of the scarcity of grass ; and the wood is used for building and for hoating purposes. French transcription: Zones arides - un arganier. Cet arbre est très répandu dans toute cette région aride et rocailleuse ; sans lui, la population de cette zone ne pourrait subsister. Ses fruits fournissent une huile très estimée et en même temps une partie de la nourriture des vaches. L'arganier constitue aussi la nourriture primordiale des chèvres et des chameaux qui mangent ses feuilles par suite du manque d'herbe. Son bois, enfin, sert à la construction et au chauffage. Description: Dans une plaine avec des arbres et de l'herbe rase, des chèvres sont en train de paitre. Certaines broutent le sol mais d'autres ont grimper dans un arbre pour en manger les feuilles. Location: Goulimine area.
English transcription: Arid zones. French transcription: Zones arides. Description: Vue d'une plaine deserte. On ne voit qu'un palmier, un puit et quelques herbes. Il y a surtout des cailloux et deux collines. Location: Ouarzazate.
English transcription: Desert scene. French transcription: Scène du désert. Description: The silhouette of a woman carrying a container on her head is seen in the distance. In the foreground is desert, low stone walls and small ground-level palms. In the background, a sand dune. Location: Fort Flatters.
English transcription: The Tassili des Ajjer is a vast rocky sandstone plateau which, due to its altitude (5.000 ft), has a comparatively humid climate. Because of this, the plateau is one of the rare zones in the Algerian south where vegetation has survived - in the main, cypresses and wild olive trees. Its inhabitants, the Touareg Ajjer, are nomadic sheperds. Shown here, a Touareg and his mules on their way home from the oasis of Djanet where they have been replenishing their stocks of dates and grain. French transcription: Le Tassili des Ajjer est un vaste plateau de gré dont l'altitude relativement élevée (1500 m.) lui confère une humidité qui a permis la survie d'une rare végétation (principalement cyprès et oliviers). Cette région est habitée par les Touaregs Ajjer, nomades vivant des ressources que leur offrent leurs troupeaux de chèvres. Ici, un Targui rentre avec ses ânes chargés de dattes et de blé qu'il a été chercher à l'oasis de Djanet. Description: Dans un désert de sable et de roches, un homme à pieds guide trois ânes. Chacune des bêtes est chargée de paniers et d'accessoires de cuisine comme des bidons et des casseroles. L'horizon est barré par une falaise rocheuse. Location: Tassili des Ajjer.
English transcription: At the request of the Governments of Algeria and Tunisia, a study of the ground water resources of the Northern Sahara was undertaken by UNESCO, acting as the executing Agency for the United Nations Development Programme. Acording to the experts, this immense territory of 500,000 sq. miles contains sufficient underground water to guarantee the agricultural development of double the existing irrigated land which could conceivably create 20,000 to 30,000 new jobs by the year 2000. The oasis of Ghardaia. French transcription: A la damande des gouvernements algérien et tunisien, une étude des ressources en eau du sous-sol du Sahara septentrional a été entreprise par le Programme des Nations-Unies pour le développement dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution. Selon les experts, cet immense territoire de 800.000 km2 recèle toute l'eau nécessaire pour garantir le développement hydroagricole en doublant la surface des terres irriguées et pour favoriser la création de 20.000 à 30.000 emplois nouveaux d'ici à l'an 2000. L'oasis de Ghardaia située dans cette région. Description: The picture was taken across a plain and is showing the oasis of Ghardaia. Location: Ghardaia.
English transcription: Drought. French transcription: Sécheresse. Description: The picture shows dry soil with cracks. There is a small plant in the lower left corner of the photo.
English transcription: The oasis. French transcription: L'oasis. Description: An oasis with palm trees and a relatively small building. A group of people with animals can also be seen near the building. Location: Atar-Chinguetti.
English transcription: The Oasis of Djanet is situated in a river wadi between the Plateau of Tassili des Ajjer and the sandy wastes of the Erg d'Admor. Due to the plentiful water supply, the non-nomadic inhabitants of the oasis live by farming. Shown here, is a general view of the oasis. French transcription: L'Oasis de Djanet est située au bord d'un oued, entre le Plateau du Tassili des Ajjer et l'Erg d'Admer. Les puits traditionnels fournissent l'eau en abondance, permettant ainsi à la population sédentaire de la région de vivre de la culture. Ici, vue de l'oasis. Description: Vue aérienne d'une osasis, on voit des habitations à toits plats. Elles sont entourées par une palmeraie qui devient plus rare et le sable remplace les arbres. Il y a également de nombreux rochers qui marquent la limite de l'osasis. Location: Oasis of Djanet.
English transcription: 23.087 SAHARA - Fort Flatters - 1961. The recent discovery of a deep artesian well gives a completely revised picture of the future development of this region of the Sahara desert. Experimental borings have release high pressure jets of water at a temperature of 60C which is already being used in the irrigation channels of the region. Shown here is a general view of the oasis at Fort Flatters. French transcription: SAHARA - Fort Flatters - 1961. La nappe albienne (nappe d'eau fossile) constitue la plus importante des richesses du sous-sol saharien. Des forages ont permis d'exploiter cette eau qui, canalisée pour l'irrigation, rend ainsi peu à peu la vie à ce grand désert. Ici, vue générale de l'oasis de Fort-Flatters. Description: The photo shows an oasis in the desert with palm trees and a fort. Location: Fort Flatters.
English transcription: Fang mask. French transcription: Masque Fang. Description: A Fang masque which looks cut middle vertical of the face. The standard elongated facial form with the eyes forming together with the mouth shape of a heart. In its ears has something looking like long earrings, on both sides, with two round ornaments on each one.
English transcription: Museum of Ife antiquities. French transcription: Museé des antiquités d'Ifé. Description: Scene from the museum of Ife antiquities.There are six pearsons, women and men wearing African textiles with different prints. They look at sculpture heads. Location: Ife
English transcription: Museum of Ife antiquities. French transcription: Musée des antiquités d'Ifé. Description: The picture depicts visitors, women and men, looking at sculptures and photographs exhibited in a museum.
English transcription: Stone carvings in the Alake Palace courtyard. French transcription: Sculptures dans la cour du palais du Alake (roi) d'Abeokuta. Description: An exhibition in the veranda of a house. Sculptures of different complexity, shapes and sizes sits on the margin of the veranda. in the back can be seen shades of two (possible) people. Every statue might represent a part of the life and history of the area (one of the statues looks like a man of order, other like an aborigen, etc.). Location: Abeokuta
English transcription: An assen or recepticle in which offerings to dead kings were placed. French transcription: Un assen objet destiné à recevoir des offrandes pour les défunts royaux. Location: Abomey
English transcription: Festival of Negro Art (30 March - 24 April 1966). Here, a Nigerian funerary monument The Ancestral Family exhibited in the Musée Dynamique to which UNESCO sent a consultant to prepare an exhibition as part of the Festival programme. French transcription: Festival des Arts négres (30 Mars - 24 Avril 1966). Ici, monument funéraire du Nigeria "Le culte des Ancêtres" exposé au Musée Dynamique de Dakar où l'UNESCO avait envoyé un consultant chargé de préparer une exposition dans le cadre de ce Festival. Description: In this funerary monument, can be seen three bodies in their entirety. In addition other eight heads can be seen. The central piece looks to be a woman. On both her sides the other two bodies can be seen. At the feet of each of the body, sits a head. Other four heads are sitting on the top. The last head sits on the head of the central piece on something that looks like a crown. Location: Dakar
English transcription: The historical Carthage region is endangered by encroaching urban expansion. Furthermore, tourism is becoming increasingly important for the country's economy which has only limited natural resources. In order to preserve this historical heritage, the Government of Tunisia has requested the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme with UNESCO as executing agency. Punic bust (Carthage Museum). French transcription: Le site historique de Cathage est menacé par l'emprise de plus en plus grande de l'urbanisme dans cette région. D'autre part, le tourisme est une source de revenus de plus en plus importante pour l'industrie du pays, limitée, pour le moment aux ressources naturelles. C'est pourquoi le Gouvernement tunisien a fait appel au Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement - dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution, afin de l'aider à protéger ce patrimoine culturel. Buste punique (Musée de Carthage). Description: Détail d'une fresque ou d'un bas-relief buste d'un homme encadré par deux pilliers et une voute. L'homme porte une barbe et une couronne. Il semble porter une toge avec une fibule en forme de fleur. Location: Carthage
English transcription: Sculptures in a pagan temple, dedicated to the thunder god. French transcription: Sculptures dans un temple païen dédié au dieu du tonnerre. Description: Indoors, a large number of wooden, mainly female, African statues are lined/piled up in 1/2 rows. Many of them are crowned with various sizes of white topknots, hats. Location: Ibadan
English transcription: Roman mosaics. French transcription: Mosaïques romaines. Description: Mosaïque claire au centre de laquelle un chasseur vise avec son arc un autre oiseau, le précédent étant déjà au sol. Il porte un carquois et une grande cape foncée. Il est pieds nus et sans couvre chef. La scène est bordée d’une décoration ovale faite de petites mosaïques plus foncées donnant à l’œuvre une forme ovale. Location: Volubilis
English transcription: The historical Carthage region is endangered by encroaching urban expansion. Furthermore, tourism is becoming increasingly important for the country's economy wich has only limited natural ressources. In order to preserve this historical heritage, the Government of Tunisia has requested the assistance of the United Nations Developpment Programme with UNESCO as executing agency. Punic mask (Carthage museum). French transcription: Le site historique de Carthage est menacé par l'emprise de plus en plus grande de l'urbanisme dans cette région. D'autre part, le tourisme est une source de revenus de plus en plus importante pour l'industrie du pays, limitée, pour le moment, aux ressources naturelles. C'est pourquoi le Gouvernement tunisien a fait appel au Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement - dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution, afin de l'aider à protéger ce patrimoine culturel. Masque punique (Musée de Carthage). Description: Punic mask. It is white with big black eyes and around them black circles. The eyebrowns are black and straight from nose to ears. The hair are black and curly as Wells as the beard. The head is very small and stuck on the foot of a pot to decorate it. Location: Carthage
English transcription: Small Fang statue (South Cameroon). French transcription: Statuette Fang (sud-Cameroun). Description: Statuette représentant une femme assise avec les mains qur ses cuisses. Elle est très finement sculpté. Le visage de la femme ressemble presque à un masque.
English transcription: Clay sculpture dating from the time of Nok (900 BC - 300 AD) exhibited at the Second Negro-African Festival of Art and Culture. French transcription: Terre-cuite de la période Nok (900 av.JC - 300 ap.J.C.) exposée au deuxième festival des arts et culture negro-africains (Janvier-Février 1977). Description: Clay sculpture from Nok culture, a man head with big eyes with hairstyle detailed. The sculture is exposed in the museum. Location: Lagos
English transcription: Small statue from the Kassai Province. French transcription: Statuette du Kassai. Description: In this is an african sculpture, a man bust statue in good condition. The man looks to the left with closed eyes and has a barbed helmet.
English transcription: Bamoun mask. French transcription: Masque Bamoun. Description: An Bamun African terracotta male mask with open mouth. It's damaged to the bottom.
English transcription: Museum of antiquities. Head carved in wood and then covered with leather (from Ekoi, East Nigeria). French transcription: Musée d'Antiquités de Jos. Tête sculptée en bois, recouverte de cuir d'Ekoi (Nigéria oriental). Description: Sculpture représentant une tête de femme. A la base elle porte de nombreux collier. Son cou est très long alors que ses oreilles sont toutes petites. Sa coiffure est en hauteur et très stylisée. Location: Jos
English transcription: TUNISIA - Carthage - 1974 The historical Carthage region is endangered by encroaching urban expansion. Furthermore, tourism is besoming increasingly important for the country's economy wich has only limited natural ressources. In order to preserve this historical heritage, the Government of Tunisia has requested the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme with UNESCO as executing agency. Punic mask (Carthage museum). French transcription: Tunisia - Carthage 1974. Le site historique de Carthage est menacé par l'emprise de plus en plus grande de l'urbanisme dans cette région. D'autre part, le tourisme est une source de revenus de plus en plus importante pour l'industrie du pays, limitée, pour le moment, aux ressources naturelles. C'est pourquoi le Gouvernement tunisien a fait appel au Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement - dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution, afin de l'aider à protéger ce patrimoine culturel. Masques punique (Musée de Carthage). Description: Punic mask at Carthage museum. Location: Carthage
English transcription: NIGERIA - Jos - 1964. The Jos Pottery Museum. French transcription: NIGERIA - Jos - 1964. Musée de poterie de Jos. Vue extérieure du Musée. Description: Exterior of Jos potery museum. Location: Jos
English transcription: 30.364 The Jos Pottery Museum. Iregue Pottery. French transcription: 30.364 Musee de poterie de Jos. Poterie Iregue. Description: Pottery. Location: Jos
English transcription: Museum of Ife antiquities. French transcription: Musée des antiquités d'Ifé. Description: Photo d'un buste. Il représente une femme avec de nombreux colliers. Elle porte un une couronne avec une décoration au milieu du front. Son visage est parcouru de traits. Location: Ife
French transcription: Musée National. Les 3 Graces. 3e siècle avant J.C provenance de Cyrène. Description: A statue of nude three female figures. The middle figure has her back to the camera and the two on either side are facing the camera. The three figures have their arms touching each other shoulders. The two figures on the sides are missing their heads and the middle figure is missing an arm. They are standing on a platform and fabric is draped on the sides of the platform. Location: Tripoli
French transcription: Apollon IIe siècle après J.C. Trouvé Bain d'Hadrien dans les fouilles. Description: Statue d'Apollon certainement en marbre, dieu grec qui peut ici symboliser le dieu des guérisons. Son bras gauche est levé et sa main repose sur sa tête. Son autre est posée sur un tronc d arbre autour duquel s’enroule un serpent tel un caducée. Location: Tripoli
French transcription: Libye - Tripoli - Musée National. Détail des fresques de l'Arc de Septime Sévère à LEPTIS-MAGNA 169 après J-C. Description: Fresque en pIerre de quatre chevaux attelés à un char. Ils sont sculptés de face, regardant dans la même direction (à droite) sauf celui de gauche dont la tête est tournée à l'opposé. Location: Tripoli
French transcription: Libye - Tripoli - Musée National MINERVE 1e siècle après J.C. Lepsis-Magna. Description: Photo de la statue de Minerve divinité de la guerre, de la stratégie, de l’intelligence dans la mythologie grecque et romaine. Elle est de pied avec ses attributs l’égide, la lance, le casque, le sarment et la victoire ailée. Location: Tripoli
French transcription: Inauguration du Musée National de Tripoli en présence du Chef de l'État, M. Mouammar Al Khadafi et du Directeur général de l'UNESCO, M. Federico Mayor. Description: Inauguration of the National Museum of Tripoli in the presence of the Head of State, Mr. Muammar Al Gaddafi and the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr. Federico Mayor. Location: Tripoli
French transcription: JAMAHIRA ARABE LIBYENNE - Tripoli le 10 Septembre 1988 Inauguration du Musée National de Tripoli en présence du Chef de l'État, M. Mouammar Al Khadafi et du Directeur général de l'UNESCO, M. Federico Mayor. Location: Tripoli
English transcription: College of Education, University of Lagos. With UNESCO acting as the executing agency, the United Nations Development Programme has successfully concluded a project to assist the Government of Nigeria to establish a residential college of education to meet the shortage of qualified secondary school teachers and to provide training abroad for a limited number of selected Nigerian students. Students take an active interest in extra-curricular activities. French transcription: Ecole Normale Supérieure de l'Université de Lagos. Le programme des Nations Unies pour le développement - dont l'UNESCO est l'agent d'exécution - a conclu un accord d'assistance avec le supérieur pour palier le manque de professeurs qualifiés de l'enseignement secondaire et pour assurer la formation, à l'étranger, d'un nombre limité des meilleurs étudiants nigériens. Les étudiants s'intéressent aussi beaucoup aux activités extra-universitaires. Description: Sous une sorte de préau en tôle, de nombreuses affiches sont posées. Elles invitent à voter pour tel ou tel candidat. Un homme pose une affiche. Un autre regarde.
