Culture and Places

WODAABE BRAIDS: An aunt is redoing her nieces braids as the young lady, Yobande, prepares to join her husband at ...

THE HOLDER OF MUSIC In traditional Touareg society, women are the musicians. They play the Imzad (a traditional single-stringed bowed ...

This young lady attends a Wodaabe tribal dance, known as the Guerwul. She watches as men dance for the women ...

CHILDHOOD MARRIAGE: Girls in the Azawak often marry between the ages of 10 and 14, depending on their ethnic group ...

Life Without Water: Azawak families walk up to 50km/day to obtain water. Due to severe water scarcity, they live off ...

THE AZAWAK The Azawak is a vast plain, the size of Florida, expanding over Mali and Niger. Its 500,000 inhabitants—primarily ...

The Male Beauty Pageant During the dry season Wodaabe men rely on street commerce in urban centers, in and outside ...

MAGIC AND MEDICINE The Wodaabe are known for their lore, magic, and medicine. Here a mother teaches her daughter how ...

THE DEADLY MIGRATION After losing 90% of his livestock, Mohammed travels to Libya several months a year to conduct petty-commerce ...

PARENTING AND CONDEMNABLE TRADITIONS On my previous post, one of my friends was concerned that I posted the photo of ...

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!! This father, the school director of Taramtagueye village, provides comfort to his daughter after a long, tiring ...

DESERT PUNKS (current theme: Wodaabe women of Niger) Wodaabe Fulani women venerate beauty. They have their faces tattooed during childhood, ...

FROM GEREWOL'S TO PROSTITUTION (current theme: Wodaabe women of Niger) Wodaabe women climate refugees, renowned for their beauty, may resort ...

ROAD CUTTERS and BOKO HARAM (current theme: Wodaabe women of Niger) Najet recalls her latest return as a migrant worker ...

THE EXODUS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER (Current theme : Wodaabe women of Niger) Kourgil, a Wodaabe, spends six to eight months ...