The Exodus Fraught with Danger

Posted onAuthorAriane Alzhara Kirtley

Kourgil, a WodaabeTHE EXODUS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER (Current theme : Wodaabe women of Niger)

Kourgil, a Wodaabe, spends six to eight months a year selling traditional medicine in Chad or Nigeria. While abroad she lives on the street or in abandoned shacks. She has been robbed on more than one occasion, and fears being raped or killed, much like her cousin who was recently murdered.