Iron Ore Train

Sahara Chronicle – West

Sahara Chronicle – West
Ursula Biemann

Trans-Saharan migrancy is organized into a network of ghettos, nodes and routes for land and sea movement. Due to the Moroccan desert wall in Western Sahara, migrants have to attempt fatal desert crossings, often ending up in deportation camps.

Iron Ore Train

The train links the Mauritanian mining town Zouerate with the Atlantic terminal Nouadhibou. Migrants use the train through the mined desert strip.

Iron Ore Train
Artist/Author: Ursula Biemann

The train links the Mauritanian mining town Zouerate with the Atlantic terminal Nouadhibou. Migrants use the train through the mined desert strip.