FAIRY WATER FETCHERS: RIP RAICHATOU, WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Raichatou and her group of little girl friends were my shadows during the first month that I lived with their nomadic community. They walked with me to neighboring camps as I conducted my Fulbright research, took me to visit marshes and wells, taught me traditional games and words of Tamachek, and ate illiwa by my side. Read more…
FAIRY WATER FETCHERS: SOUTOUT
“Please play with us,” Takat pleaded. I was busily writing up notes from the questionnaires I had conducted the previous day. She did not have to beg much… there was little I’d rather do than play with her and the other girls from camp. She took me by the hand and walked me to her donkey. She pointed to the goat hide water container… the Touareg traditional refridgerator… “let’s go get some water with the other girls”. Oh, so this was her idea of fun?! And it was! Read more…