I took this photo during a baptism in 1992 in Karang, Senegal. The infant is seven days old and the village elder is whispering the infant's name into his ear three times, per the baptism ritual.
I participated in many religious festivities in my predominantly Islamic community. On the seventh morning after a child’s birth, the baptism takes place where the infant is blessed and formally named. Here, my friend Kadi holds her newborn. ...