This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. This is Faiza Lowali. She found a date pit and brought it to our house and asked if she could plant it in our tree nurserie. We let her and it grew...
This is a photo of the communal prayer during the celebration of Tabaski in 2009. It was taken outside the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger. Though there are small mosques in the village, there was no single mosque large enough to...
This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in June 2010. I am helping plow the field for our Farmer's Field School. The man pushing the plow is Sai'du Haruna and the girl is his daughter Aisha Sai'du. The...
This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in September 2010. The woman on the left is Hassana Garba who taught me how to pound and winnow my own millet. The other woman is Zina Hashimu, Hassana's...
This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. This is a picture of 4 brothers and their friend storing the millet harvest in their traditional grain bank. On the ground from left to right are...
My parents and niece came to visit me while I was serving in Niger. We went to visit the family that had hosted me while I was in pre-service training. This is a picture of my father (M. Ian Jenness) with my host mother's grandson (Mojitu) in...
This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are three of my closest neighbors and friends eating tup (boiled millet mush) with okra sauce. From left to right are Zali Sanushi with her...
This is a picture of a young woman named Sa'adiya. It was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. Sa'adiya is 14 years old in this picture. She was too old to go to the children's school (which only opened the year...
This is a picture of my counterpart, Amara, outside of the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in early 2010. The village of Tsanwa has one foot pump that is 70m deep and two wells to meet their water needs. One of the wells has very...
This picture was taken in the village of Solulu in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. I saw this woman in market, so I'm not sure of her name but I loved the Obama shirt. Most Nigerien's LOVED Obama. There were tons of things for sale with his...
This is a picture of a young girl named Nana Farida. She is benig carried tied to her mother's back and she is unhappy about it. This was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in early 2010.
This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. These are my feet and the baby feet of Laure Garba. We both got traditional henna done to our feet for the Tabaski festival.
This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in November 2010. In this picture is Maimena Hassan and her son Abass, wearing my sunglasses. My husband's local name was Abass. In the Hausa culture a woman does not...
This picture was taken in the village of Tsanwa in the Maradi state of Niger in 2010. The baby in the swing is named Laure Garba, and her older sister, who is keeping an eye on her, is named Faiza Garba. Laure is her mother's 13th child. Women...