This is me and my friend, Dauda, during my training in Guinea-Bissau (June-September 1995). Dauda sold used clothes in the market in Gabu and taught me the importance of drinking tea and sitting in Fula culture. Dauda was patient with my language...
This is a photo of my wedding ceremony in Morocco in 1996 during my second year of service. I married my Arabic tutor. The photo shows the completed henna design and a traditional Moroccan wedding dress. The wedding took place at my...
This photo was taken in Bhojpur, Nepal in July of 2007. The village sat on the higher part of a hill from the airport. It was about a 1 to 1 1/2 hour walk. This woman would meet the planes and either collect mail or luggage and carry it up to...
This photo is of me showing off the sign I made welcoming in French and Bambara and English the Peace Corps Director and an employee from Peace Corps Washington to the hamlet of 600 people I lived in. I overlapped by six months with another...
This is one of my favorite pictures! My neighbor, Hawa, took the photo. As one notices, her finger is in part of the picture because it was the first time she took a picture. Nonetheless, she did a fantastic job. She was a neighbor in my village of...
The Fulani, or Peuhl, live in villlages and farms of northern and Central Togo. These young women are sedentary, have huts, grow crops, and could potentially attend school whereas other Fulani are completely nomadic. They are holding twin dolls....
This is a tiny market on Wednesday afternoon in Affem Kabye. The women make beignets and beer to sell to the men after they come home from the fields. Women also drink the locally brewed millet beer. This market is so small that women do not even...
These children had never seen a white person until I arrived. They were always touching the hair on my head and arms. They liked the silkiness of my hair. Margueritte wanted hair like Naka's, so she put corn silk on her head so her hair would be...
I was sitting on the inside "veranda" of a hut in Guinea in 1996. I was visiting the family of one of my English students. It was a very hot and sunny day in late January. We all gathered inside the mud and straw hut to avoid the heat. The children...
Affem Kabye, Tchamba prefecture, Central region, Togo
Henou (Patrice) and his wife Joselyn
Pig slaughter. After slaughtering the pig with a knife, Henou charred the pig on a fire to burn the hair and skin, and then his wife Joselyn prepares it....