Since 1958, geologists and prospectors from the French Atomic Energy Commission have been looking for uranium deposits in Niger. Factual images of fields research processes.
To exploit uranium in Niger, French scientists from the French Atomic Energy Commission are drilling throughout the country to find out the state of the subsoil. Factual images of day and night alternating with an employee interview on drilling methods.
Close-up on the Niger National Museum in Niamey, founded in 1958 and renamed the Boubou-Jama National Museum in 2008. It has the particularity of being a living museum, with artisans from all over the country installed on site to make art objects, costumes and jewellery in front of the eyes of visitors. It also houses a zoo, where animals representative of the country (mammals, wildlife, birds) are welcomed. In addition, the whole country participates in the maintenance of this institution, each inhabitant donating a minimal amount for it.
In Niger, the essential function of the customary chief is to render justice to civilians, especially in cases of divorce or inheritance. In Sassoumbroum, in the Zinder region, for example, the head of the canton, surrounded by all his notables and a Kadi (Muslim judge), presides over his court and receives a couple whose wife wants to divorce.
In the mid-1950s, three French women set out to cross the Sahara. These three women, France Degand, Janine Delbert and Michèle Cancre d'Orgeix, shot a film of their expedition in the form of nine short films. They discover Niger and its capital Niamey, "the Paris of Niger".
In the mid-1950s, three French women set out to cross the Sahara. These three women, France Degand, Janine Delbert and Michèle Cancre d'Orgeix, shot a film of their expedition in the form of nine short films. They discover Niger and its capital Niamey, where they go to a "native" market.