Name: Episode 2 — Africa: Desert Odyssey
Released: 2001-09-16
Duration: 53 min

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Episode 2 — Africa: Desert Odyssey

Released: 2001-09-16 • Documentary/Family

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For centuries, the Tuareg people have braved the brutal Sahara to trade in salt, a precious cargo once worth its weight in gold. In this episode of AFRICA, Adam Ilius,salt production a young boy of nine, crosses hundreds of miles of desolate and dangerous desert on his first trans-Saharan salt caravan.

After months of traveling, will Adam make it to Bilma, Niger to sell the caravan's salt for necessary food and clothing? Or will the shifting sands of the desert spell disaster for this tenacious group?

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Episode air date	16.09.2001
Episode runtime	53 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary / Family
TMDB series rating	7.8
IMDb series rating	8.9
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US