The Sahara Became Swampland

Alexander Kluge
2000-07-09

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15 min

The theme here is the rapid development from the beginning of the universe to the Gauls. At the half-way stage of this development, the Sahara became a swamp. Before, a marine environment, later, a desert. The time during which the earth has developed possesses a violent force. Time is material violence. In memory, it shrinks.