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Nomads of Niger by Carol Beckwith and Marion van Offelen is the first to be published about a unique and colourful people - the Wodaabe of Niger, in sub-Saharan Africa. Among the few surviving nomads in the world, these tall, slender, handsome, desert dwellers live as they have for centuries, moving their herds across a parched landscape. The central events of their lives-are two great celebrations, culminating in a beautiful and stirring sequence of festive dances.