Assa!
Seibu, my host dad!
That's my room!
Jenna!
my peeps!
Jats!
Amanda!
Janet and Amanda!
Jason!
That's me!
Irina and Jessie!
etc.....
Maru on the left and Seku on the right!
Seku!
Maru!
some annoying little girl!
a view down the street
another view down the other side of the street
a view of the entrance to my concession!
concession!
this is the well
this is the kitchen
this is where i do my business!
inside my room!
Yagare, one of my karamogos!
kids throwing handfuls of grass at each other. Yagare said that yes, it is weird....
That's my reflection!
Sita on the left and Assa on the right
my host grandmother Bassavu!
my host mom Bintu!
doesn't this remind you of that last scene from City of God?
peace!
Jenna loves climbing trees!
the boys eating seri, a Malian rice porridge
baby Oumar just after he was born
This kid is named Papa and he looks like a baby Biggie Smalls. Coincidence? I think not.
Before my host dad's friend's wedding we went and sewed cloth together, still not sure why.
this kid's named Mune. she ALWAYS looks confused.
Malian men playing cards. Surprised?
the school!
this dude on his wedding day
i think she was making zame, a fried rice dish
ZAME!
jessie passed out
my room at Tubabniso
Sexy Jeremy!
my fellow PCTs!
frank and brad entertaining us with great whimsy
brad and his guitar
hand washing station
nyegen/malian outhouse
some peeps
the muscles from brussels aka jeremy!
frank the tank
tyler
billy billy budd!
emily!
my homeboy jesse!
amber!
sarah!
jess taylor!
matt!
j dawg!
katherine!
the kids playing with a bucket
maru trying to look badass
for only a dollar a day you can help this poor child fight poverty
he loves it when you call him big poppa
host brother kalifa and the donkey
ami's baby boy seku! she wants me to come back in two years and take him back to ameriki.
Yagare, karamogo extraordinaire!
dead chicken walking
my host dad getting ready to kill the chicken/dinner
at the national museum
my host dad's sister, mama, with her baby boy oumar
seku!
musakora and seku
ami's other boy drissa.
jessie showing off her new pants
my host dad's brother solo passed out
at the dugutigi's (village chief) place for our going away ceremony.
music time
that's me dressed in my bubu!
dugutigi gettin down
won't you help mama for only a dollar a day?
me and my boy seku
