Human Interest

In this photo, the chief of Tangarwashane, Mohammed, fetches water for his son.  Like most other Touareg fathers I know, ...

THE INCONSISTENCIES OF PARENTHOOD: This photo depicts Salah and his youngest daughter.  Salah is one of my best friends from ...

FROM GEREWOLS TO SCHOOLS: Fada, adorned with charm talismans, a round feather- topped hat and a Tuareg saber, came bouncing ...

RED RIBBON: AISHA Aisha is the daughter of Alhassan and Sadouan, and sister to Mouheini.  I have posted several times ...

POPULARITY CONTEST: In this photo Deegii, a Wodaabe Fulani man, admires himself as he prepares himself for the Gerewul dance, ...

RED RIBBON: MARIAMA In this photo, Mariama proudly displays the red ribbon that I gave to her, upon my arrival ...

RED RIBBON: MARIAMA In this photo, three year old Mariama drinks clean water from the Tangarwashane borehole built by Amman ...

FAIRY WATER FETCHERS: RIP RAICHATOU, WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Raichatou and her group of little girl friends were my ...

FAIRY WATER FETCHERS: SOUTOUT “Please play with us,” Takat pleaded.  I was busily writing up notes from the questionnaires I ...

TAKAT: Takat and her group of little girl friends were my shadows during the month that I lived with their ...

MOUHEINI: Mouheini and her group of little girl friends were my shadows during the month that I lived with their ...

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY ! JOYEUSE FETE DES MERES ! Today is mother’s day in France… being French-American allows me to ...

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD: (seventh in the breastfeeding series) In these photos, Fati feeds her newborn, ...

50% or TENDERNESS DESPITE TRAGEDY: (Fifth in the Mother’s Day Series) In this photo, Fati looks tenderly onto her nephew ...

MULTITASKING: (third in the Mother’s Day Series) Like mothers across the world, Againakou must juggle caring for her young Agoubouley, ...