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...Hopefully, when it starts raining a bit in May, they'll see that this was a good idea, and begin converting the granaries themselves," Wiedemann added...
...expedition, which left January 5 for a planned two-month mission, was organized last fall by Hans Guggenheim, professor of architecture at MIT. Wiedemann and two other Harvard students, who later could not get visas for the trip, joined MIT graduate students in planning ways to convert granaries of the Dogon tribe into water storage tanks...
...this slowly, showing the people each step instead of trying to build several," Wiedemann said yesterday. "They had a village mason, and we explained all the technology, the cements...
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...
...Wiedemann said they were disappointed by the sudden end of the expedition, noting that before the trip, most of the anticipated problems were expected to grow out of cultural conflict. "Actually, there was very little of that," he said. "The chief was this great guy who walked around in a blue robe, a white turban, and a pair of black All-Star Converse tennis shoes...