The Teacher

THE TEACHER: This father is teaching Arabic to his son. When I met him, he was also teaching Arabic to Bintou, the little girl with the tablet covered in Koranic scripture, from the village of Tchinwagari.  Those of you who have read my previous posts know that I am sometimes (often) frustrated with the reticence that people in the Azawak have sending their children to school.  Read more…