In the ancient city of Timbuktu, two men and their camel head home to their village after market day

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In the ancient city of Timbuktu, two men and their camel head home to their village after market day

Date2/1/1974

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: In the ancient city of Timbuktu; two men and their camel head home to their village after market day. But Tuareg nomads in the refugee camp the refugee camp outside the sun-baked city have lost the animals that are their livelihood and depend on food from the Mali government.

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