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…
TAKAT: Takat and her group of little girl friends were my shadows during the 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…
MOUHEINI: Mouheini and her group of little girl friends were my shadows during the 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…
In this photo I am clapping to the beat of the tendé drum, celebrating the opening of the Tangarwashane borehole. Read more…
“Alzhara, come, come. It’s urgent, “ Abdoulaye insisted that I follow him. Read more…
Fada dressed for the Guerwul ceremony, which celebrates the rain, and where Fulani men dance and sing for women. Read more…