Title
The Blue Marbles Project: Lady Fetching Water from Well, Ann Henry, Sahara Desert (2011)
Alt-Text
Two women are standing in the arid desert landscape of the Sahara. One is wearing a black hijab and the other is wearing a gray long sleeved shirt and black pants. The woman on the left is holding a small blue marble in her right hand, while the smiling woman on the right has her hands clasped together in front of her.
Description
In 2011, retired teacher and geography lover Ann Henry brought the
Blue Marble along, when she journeyed through Morocco.
Ann passed one blue marble to a Berber tribeswoman at the well from
which she was drawing water, pouring the precious liquid into plastic
bottles, before loading them onto her burro. In the Sahara Desert, not
a drop would be wasted.
The indigenous populations of the Maghreb region of
North Africa are collectively known as Berbers or Amazigh in
English. They are indigenous to the Maghreb region of North
Africa, where they live in scattered communities across
parts of Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and to a lesser extent
Tunisia, Mauritania, northern Mali and northern Niger
(Azawagh). Smaller Berber communities are also found in
Burkina Faso and Egypt's Siwa Oasis.
As a fifth grade teacher, Ms. Henry was
instrumental in spreading her love of geography as a
member of the National Geographic Alliance Network.
Headquartered at the National Geographic Society
headquarters in Washington, D.C., the Alliance
Network was founded by a group of K-12 and university
educators with a goal of supporting geographic literacy and
education at the K-12 level in the United States.
“These state based organizations connect educators,
provide world-class professional development and promote
educational innovation at the state and local level”
(National Geographic Society 2012).
Copyright Notice
2011 Barbara Attard
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Creative Commons
Creator
Barbara Attard
Credit
The Blue Marbles Project
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