Word: malis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Stymied more by the political turmoil of Mali than the disastrous four-year drought that continues relentlessly in North Africa, the six-man Guggenheim expedition, including Harden N. Wiedemann '75, returned to Cambridge this week...
...students had only enough time to convert one granary, since their time was dominated by political considerations from the beginning. Their first week was spent in Bamako, Mali's capital, negotiating with the military government of Moussa Traore for aid in their work...
After finishing the tank, the expedition returned to Bamako, hoping to pick up government transportation to villages in northern Mali. "Up there is where the drought has really been worst," Wiedemann said. "They are the ones who really needed the tanks. The Dogons' problem isn't a lack of water--it's just that they have to go good distances...
Bamako was in the midst of student demonstrations, however, and the Traore regime quickly showed that it would use force to quell any disturbance. Faced with the possibility of detention in a Mali jail, Guggenheim and the students decided to abandon the trip north and return home immediately...
...mission was originally to include ten students. The Mali government decided to grant only five student visas, fearing the impact of a larger number on the Dogon. Guggenheim was forced to eliminate two other Harvard students John Newmark '74 and Marlene Price...