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Indlæser... Barefoot through Mauretania (1936)af Odette du Puigaudeau
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Odette du Puigaudeau is best known for her major ethnographic work, Arts et Coutumes des Maures, a detailed study, in words and drawings, of the cultural world of the nomads of Mauretania. The present work explains how she came to write it. Barefoot Through Mauretania is an account of her first journey across the country by camel in 1933-4, with her life-long companion, Marion S nones. The book records the adventures of the two women during that year, often with a touch of humour. Above all, however, it presents a picture of a way of life that has, as they feared, almost vanished, and their determination that it should be recorded. Odette du Puigaudeau wrote a number of other books on different aspects of nomad life, such as the salt caravans and date markets, as well as articles on prehistoric rock-drawings, and a charming tribute to her pet leopard, Rachid. No library descriptions found. |
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The author Odette du Puigaudeau was in favour of slavery, and continued to claim into the 1970s that pale skinned people should be allowed to enslave darker skinned people.
If you decide you'd rather read a better book by someone else then similar journeys described by less terrible people include The Lost Oases by Ahmed Mohammed Hassanein, also books by Isabella Bird, or Rosita Forbes, or Freya Stark. Or there's the 2016 novel The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk, who is Mauritanian, which is available in either English or French. ( )