This is a much better writeup, yes. For Francophones, this was originally posted (by the same author, so the English version at The Guardian is fine) at https:

This is a much better writeup, yes. For Francophones, this was originally posted (by the same author, so the English version at The Guardian is fine) at https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2010/07/05/mauritanie-les-livres-du-sable_1383450_3212.html https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2010/07/05/mauritanie....