Date:         Wed, 3 May 1995 19:55:55 -0700
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From:         SPH
Subject:      Re: MALI AND NOMADS

I always thought Nomad Programmers were a bit like Peulh's....  atleast
the ones I have met late night at the conference....   :)




Jos Roelofs wrote:
>
> Dear reader,
>
> As a student tropical rural sociology at the Agricultural University of
> Wageningen, the Netherlands, I went - two years ago - for a practical period
> to Mali.
>
> In Mali I conducted an anthropological study amongst Peulh (Fulbe) in
> the region of Nara. Subject of the study: the availability and (social context
> of) the use of natural resources- i.e. water and bush - of a semi-nomadic
> Peulh settlement. I stayed in the settlement for about seven months and tried,
> besides the research, to learn as much as possible of the codes of living
> and the language.
>
> Passionated since then, my study nowadays finishes with a thesis on more or
> less the same subject. Moreover, together with friends I am preparing
> a project in Mali.
>
> I am looking for people who like to exchange thoughts about Peulh and
> other nomads, their way of living and the actual problems these people
> meet. I am also interested in information on successes and failures of
> projects designed especially for nomadic populations.
> Looking foreward to hear from you,
>
>                          With kind regards
>                                       Ilse Tempelaar
>
>
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