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Azzel

1979 28 min
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This short documentary looks at Azzel, one of the Niger Department of National Education’s first schools for nomads. The film describes the traditional nomadic lifestyle of the Tuareg and the changes brought about by these government-run boarding schools.

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This short documentary looks at Azzel, one of the Niger Department of National Education’s first schools for nomads. The film describes the traditional nomadic lifestyle of the Tuareg and the changes brought about by these government-run boarding schools.
Developing Countries Education Food and Food Industries All subjects
  • director
    Guy L. Coté
  • producer
    Peter Hollander
    Peter McCaw
    J.-P. Olivier Fougères
  • commentary
    Marthe Blackburn
  • photography
    Roger Rochat
  • sound
    Yves Gendron
  • sound editing
    Gilles Quintal
    Alain Sauvé
  • re-recording
    Hans Peter Strobl
    Adrian Croll
  • narrator
    Ousseynou Diop

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Education

Ages 12 to 16
School subjects
Geography - Human Geography Health/Personal Development - Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution Media Education - Film and Video Production Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World
Globalization and the advance of modernity have had a very different effect on children in Canada and children in Niger. The schoolhouse in the film is described as the “white man’s school, but the white man is gone.” What can we learn from this statement? The Tuareg children receive gardening training “in case they decide to settle down” and because one day their tribe may be a “dying breed.” What cultural dis/advantages would arise from giving up their nomadic lifestyle?

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