June 2: The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga by Mohamedou Ould Salahi

June 2, Wednesday11am New York | 3pm Nouakchott | 5pm Paris   Friendly guided discussion about The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga. Author Mohamedou Ould Salahi will join us for the final half hour to chat with partcipants.   Discussion hosted by Bhakti Shringarpure About the BookAn epic story of a Bedouin family’s survival and legacy amid their changing world in the unforgiving Sahara Desert. Ahmed is a camel herder, as his father was before him and as his young son Abdullahi will be after him. The days of Ahmed and the other families in their nomadic freeg are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the needs of his beloved camel herd, and the rich legends and stories that link his life to centuries of tradition. But Ahmed’s world is threatened—by the French colonizers just beyond the horizon, the urbanization of the modern world, and a drought more deadly than any his people have known. At first, Ahmed attempts to ignore these forces by concentrating on the ancient routines o