Culture and Places

Mother to her Brothers OR When Dreams are Lost: Houlaye goes to school 2 or 3 times a week, if ...

Mother to her Brothers OR When Dreams are Lost: Fati goes to school 2 or 3 times a week, if ...

And when there are no donkeys… humans become the beasts of burden. This little girl is pulling with all her ...

DONKEYS AND LIQUID GOLD: Sori, a Wodaabe Fulani woman from the Azawak, leads a team of donkeys as they pull ...

A JOB FOR HERCULES: In the Azawak, wells are rare and dispersed throughout the region in such a way that ...

JEWELRY THAT TELLS A STORY: This beautiful woman of the Bagzan Mountains wears her traditional jewelry of silver, ancient beads, ...

NEWLY WED TO ABSENT HUSBANDS:  I met this young bride in a small village near the Timia cascade.  We spent ...

BEAUTIFUL DESPITE HARSH ENVIRONMENTS:  This is the third sister of Aouderas that visited Ahoudan, Aghali, and me.  She is with ...

THE MAN IN THE RED LIGHT: During our conversation with the three sisters of Aouderas, Ahoudan's son, Aghali, surprised me: ...

THE ROOM THAT MOVES: Here are two of the three sisters that visited Ahoudan, me and Ahoudan's son, Aghali in ...

HOW COULD ANYONE FIT INTO A PLANE? This is one of three sisters that visited us during our stay in ...

AHOUDAN AT THE TIMIA CASCADE:  I know I recently posted this photo, but since this is one of my favorite ...

THE TRADITIONAL ENERGY DRINK: In this photo, Ahoudan is sorting dates for his wife, Alhoubada. She has asked him to ...

AHOUDAN DRYING HIS PANTS: In this photo, Ahoudan and I were walking in the guelta near the village of Aouderas ...

MEDICINES OF THE AYR: I came across this beautiful woman and her children at the foot of the mountain depicted ...