ML148460
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Subject 1: dromedary (Camelus dromedarius). Timecode In: 00:13:11. Timecode out: 00:15:23. Subject 2: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Dripping water. Timecode In: 00:15:23. Timecode out: 00:15:29. Subject 3: dromedary (Camelus dromedarius). Timecode In: 00:19:37. Timecode out: 00:19:41. Subject 4: (Environmental Recording). Subtitle: Sahara Desert ambi. Timecode In: 00:28:11. Timecode out: 00:28:48. Subject 5: (Interview). Subtitle: Roberto Cerea. Timecode In: 00:42:36. Timecode out: 00:52:20. Notes: Trans-Saharan trade. Subject 6: dromedary (Camelus dromedarius). Timecode In: 00:59:25. Timecode out: 00:59:59. Subject 7: (Interview). Subtitle: Bamrka. Timecode In: 01:07:22. Timecode out: 01:35:18. Notes: Life in Arouane, Mali; translated by Roberto Cerea. Subject 8: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Truck arriving. Timecode In: 01:38:51. Timecode out: 01:39:17. Habitat: ; ; ; ; Equipment Notes: Decoded MS Stereo. Show: Mali Log of DAT #:5A Engineer: Leo Date: January 14, 2003 RC = Roberto Cerea IM = Issa Mohammed PG = Godfried Peter Agbezudor WD = Wade Davis AC = Alex Chadwick CJ = Carolyn Jensen Leo = Leo del Aguila 0:09 Leo briefly explains the tape. 0:23 Ambi. People speaking some African language. Other people talking. Sounds of loading up to go. 0:50 FX. Sounds of loading up to go. 4:47 Leo: We're at the port here outside of Timbuktu, at the Niger River, however you pronounce it¿ He says it is Dat number 5. 5:25-9:20 Ambi. Sounds of workers loading up a boat with salt tablets. 8:18-8:50 FX. Splashing sounds 9:25 Ambi. Squeak sounds. Bleating goats. 9:36 Leo explains they are in the Sahara about 95 kilos. They are at the first well. 10:10 CJ Can you just tell us where we are? 10:11 Godfried Peter We are 95 kilometers north of Timbuktu. That's the first well, the first stop where camels take water along before entering the real desert. In the reverse, when they come down from the salt mine, is the last stop for the camel to water 95 kilometer north of Timbuktu before entering into town. 10:34 LEO What is your name? 10:36 PG Godfried Peter Agbezudor 10:40 LEO And where are you from? 10:42 PG Well, uh, I come from two countries as an identity. I was born in Togo, but raised in Ghana. Grew up in acres culdinaka(?). And what I normally do is tour guiding (laughs). 11:00-11:40 Ambi. Camels mooing(?), squeaking sound, people talking in background. 11:40 LEO I'm in front of camels right now. 11:43-13:31 Ambi. Camels making sounds, people taking, walking sounds, something squeaking, goats bleating. 13:31-13:49 FX. Strong camel sound. 14:11 FX. Camel sound 14:13-14:22 FX. Noise like rushing wind and camels sounding out loudly. 14:23-14:56 FX. Africans talking, honking sound, more camel noises. 14:40 FX. Camel sound, unearthly like star-wars chewbaca. 15:21 FX. Camel sounds-guttural. 15:27 Ambi. Dripping noises, water noise? 15:33-16:53 FX. Loud banging and water noises. 16:53 Ambi. Crashing stops, dripping sounds, Africans talking. 17:17 AC We've come about 70 miles north of Timbuktu and we've found this well. It's on the map, you can find it on the map, and we've found it here. There is¿ 17:28 Leo stops Alex for a second. 17:32 AC We've come about 70 miles north of Timbuktu to a well, we've just come upon it in the desert here. 17:36 Ambi. squeaking noise. 17:43 AC We've come about 70 miles north of Timbuktu to a place where there's a well. And at the well¿ 17:50 FX. Squeaking noise from well over Alex talking. 17:50 AC ¿there's some camels, there's a heard of goats, there's also some donkeys around. There are these camel herders, young boys most of them 12, 13, 14, and they're hauling water up from the well. That's that creaking noise we're hearing. It's an ... (Notes truncated)
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- Dromedary Camelus dromedarius
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- SONY TCD-D7
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- Sennheiser MKH 30; Sennheiser MKH 50
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- Cataloged
- 22 Feb 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Digitized
- 22 Feb 2010 - Ben Brotman
- Edited
- 22 Feb 2010 - Ben Brotman