For centuries, the Tuareg people have braved the brutal Sahara to trade in salt, a precious cargo once worth its weight in gold. In this episode of AFRICA,
Adam Ilius
,
a young boy of nine, crosses hundreds of miles of desolate and dangerous desert on his first trans-Saharan salt caravan.
After months of traveling, will Adam make it to Bilma, Niger to sell the caravan's salt for necessary food and clothing? Or will the shifting sands of the desert spell disaster for this tenacious group?
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Episode 3: Voices of the Forest
Episode 4: Mountains of Faith
Episode 5: Love in the Sahel
Episode 6: Restless Waters
Episode 7: Leopards of Zanzibar
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