working in peanut field
Aram Baba gathering leaves
Roasting peanuts
Sabar in my compound = to teach me how to dance (Ndaye Fatou Sagnane)
morning prayer under tree
cute boys Famara - Moussa... don't be fooled!
“Fudan” or henna for Tabachi “tradition”
preparing lunch in kitchen - the only time I've seen Modu in kitchen
Aram stoking fire
still trying to get a good photo
on my way with my gift of rice and onions (Ngente of my counterparts baby)
Khumba Seesay - amazing women!
in the kitchen...food prep - usually expensive
Abdou Tall...men's job =)
Mohamed, Nday, Nene
Awa sealing space between pot and dish
lunch time!
Me going to “Chit” - when new wife moves into husband's family's compound. Look at that head wrap!
“Chit bi” - new wife - town gathering
singing/dancing as enter new room
millet prep
lotion making with Aime Seesay
women with bowls of millet waiting for milk
Aminata Sek, Modu Sagnane, Fatou Sagnane
me and Mohammed
Niang Sagnane
me and Modu Sagnane
women with Diiw Waram (lotion)
Iron with coals and fire
iron with coals and fire
Niang Sagnane, Aly Sagnane watching Senegalese wrestling
tomato plants, manioc, cucumber, Guiab tree
well with pump system
me and Helen in front of papaya tree
some volunteers lounging at 7pm in hotel billiards room
election table in school with booth in background
voting cards - one for each candidate
women waiting to vote (Yama Niang, Ramou Niak, Maam Farma Seesay, Maam Java)
women waiting to vote
Ramou Njak with inked finger
school
Amie Bousso washing clothes
Famara
Aram Baba
Moussa and booger picking
maimuna sweeping after meal
straw being stored to repir my hut roof in building in process
flower
Famara in hat
My host family and neighbors loading one of the nicer public transport buses I've seen - Touba Mbacke
A more typical transport scene - others in my village
Buying Senegalese lingere
Mosque
Maggul lunch (yum!) and cooks
Modu, Aram Baba, Maimuna - heading back to mosque
Boutique with American flag - upside down
Me and Straw - it's getting lonely =)
Ndaye Fatou Sagnane and Lamine
Keba Sagnane painting house
Aisytou dancing - drummers
2 women
peanut butter machine
Fence - compound backyard 15 x 15 m plot
View of my hut (right) Cheihk Dian in background, holes where sand taken to make bricks
Kids knocking down baobab fruit