"Assietou is one of the 90,000 refugees from Mali at the M’Bera camp. Given the size of its population, this camp is Mauritania’s third largest city after Nouadhibou and Nouakchott. An economic and social life has developed there despite its poverty. Surviving herds are scattered in the distance and occupy livestock-breeder refugees…"

Extract from Retour à Tombouctou, Éditions Gallimard 2015