Description
Two camels belonging to herders of the Fula (Fulbe, Fulani) people drinking at a water place (drinking bowl, water well) in the typical landscape of the Sahel region. The Sahel is Africas transition zone between the Sahara desert in the north and the Savanna belt in the south. Sahel means in Arabic "coast" or "shore", literally it is also the "coast of the Sahara". The Sahel belt is hot and dry and on most of the days quite windy, it is definitely one of the hardest inhabited regions of our world. For hundreds of years, the Sahel region has experienced regular droughts and mega droughts which led several times to large scale famine.Kanem, Chad - February 04, 2020: A man of the Fula people is riding on his camel in the typical landscape of the Sahel region. Beside him there is a younger camel. The Sahel is Africas transition zone between the Sahara desert in the north and the Savanna belt in the south. Sahel means in Arabic "coast" or "shore", literally it is also the "coast of the Sahara". The Sahel belt is hot and dry and on most of the days quite windy, it is definitely one of the hardest inhabited regions of our world. For hundreds of years, the Sahel region has experienced regular droughts and mega droughts which led several times to large scale famine.
