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Traders in leather

United Kingdom, 1957
film

Northern Nigeria has joined the modern world, yet in the process, the nomadic Fulani tribes have kept their pastoral way of life, the Hausaman his role as a t..

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The New traders

United Kingdom, 1962
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Hausa village

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Giant in the sun

Nigeria, 1959
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North and south of the Niger

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The Traditional world of Islam: nomad and city

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The Oil rivers

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Herding cattle on the Niger

United States, 1967
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Desert regions: nomads and traders

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Northern region

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Enterprise in Nigeria

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Beyond the wall

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Village of the rain forest, Nigeria

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Cotton growing and spinning: Dogon people, Mali Highlands

United States, 1967
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Busy hands

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This is Nigeria

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United States, 1949
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The Kalahari desert people

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Kenya today

United Kingdom, 1960
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