This is a photo taken in the fall 2005 in my assigned village of Zongo Mozague, Niger. The woman and child are my "host mom" Aicha and her son Oumarou, aka "Umu." This is in front of her mud-brick home, just after we had finished a lunch of milk...
This photo was taken on the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Fitr, known in Hausa as "Salla," which follows a month of fasting. These girls are from the village of Zongo Mozague, where I was fortunate enough to spend a year of my Peace Corps Niger Service....