Forbidden Sands, A Search in the Sahara

Forbidden Sands, A Search in the Sahara
Richard C. Trench
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 197 PAGES • COMING IN

In 1974 Trench, a British journalist, set out by camel to Taoudenni, Mali, to investigate allegations of slave labor in the Malian salt mines. Equal parts travelogue and investigative report, his book is also an illuminating cultural history of salt -- and of Mali itself.  (WAF51, $14.95)





 
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