Human Interest

Some of you may have already read the first post I wrote about Fati, but I felt it worth publishing ...

VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR (a little early) For those of you that followed my story "A Quest for Water", here ...

In this photo, we stand with Abdoulkarim and Heini's family, including their children Hamza, Arouna, Hassana, and Abdoulrazac. I really ...

In this photo, Abdoulkarim, gives water to our donkey, Zorro, while his children Hassana and Arouna observe him. Behind him, ...

By now you all know that I’m an advocate of polyandry, so you get to vote: will Indima marry Arouna ...

I know this photo is blurry... but it's simply too cute not to post. Here Hamza is walking with Indima ...

Meet Hamza! He is Arouna and Hassana's big brother. Hamza has also become one of our dear family friends, and ...

In this photo, Fassely and Hassana are playing with Hassana's chicks. Heini watches in the background. Heini and her husband ...

Here Heini (real name Hanout) with her daughter Hassana. Heini is cutting up cabbage to cook up for a traditional ...

Please meet Heini, standing in front of her squatter home off of the third laterite in Niamey. Heini is Arouna ...

Arouna, Soriya, Abdoulkarim, Abdoulrazac (Arouna's little brother), and Hassana sit together on a tree stump next to Arouna's squatter's home ...

Here we are traveling to the "The big dunes" outside of Niamey, accompanied by the majority of our clan. In ...

This is beautiful Hassana, Arouna's little sister. She too has become a good friend of the family's. When Zorro was ...

I love Arouna so much that I want to dedicate several posts to him. In this photo, we were all ...

Arouna is both Fassely and Soriya’s best friend in Niger.  He is also beloved by Indima, who he carries around ...