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Life on Eden Street (2008)
I love Niger. I can’t always tell you why, but I just do. It’s a strange place. It’s different from most other places on earth. It lacks tempo and several other Western values that we seem to think of as general virtues these days; but it’s genuine and generous and I […]
We have too many lovely neighbours for me not to share! This is Mina, the younger sister of Jamila, whom I took pictures of together with her friend Aichatu. These pictures were taken by Anette before she left for Sweden, but since she’s coming back in less than two months, I thought I would celebrate […]
I was working quietly with my back to the window when the lights suddenly went reddish, and voilà, another dust storm passed by. Unfortunately no rain, but it rained this weekend, so some of the farmer’s crops here in the Zinder area might actually make it to the rainy season!
Was planning to go to the […]
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I hear aid workers in town talking about the need for emergency food operations in Niger again, and on UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund site, I read the following about Niger’s current state:
Almost 30% of the population is in need of emergency food aid
CERF 2008
And there we go again… It’s a never ending […]
I can’t even tell you what it is with this picture that makes me love it so much, but there’s just so much of Niger in it. So much of the socialization, the calmness and the taking of the day as it comes…
Anette took this picture while we were visiting Dogo with our friend Aaron […]
Aïssa reminded me that the West African mobile market was still around, and so we headed out there to check it out. I could have taken way more pictures as there were a lot of interesting items, but the thing was I did not feel comfortable with the crowd, and so I did not want […]
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The Eden farmers and their families mix the cooked Maerua crassifolia leaves with crushed peanuts, decorate with an onion and sell it in the village. There is a lot of money to be made this way, because the meal is good!
And so when making one of the two casseroles I was going to […]
So on Sunday afternoon, we had another shower of rain, thunder and hail (!) - you should have heard the sound it made on my metal roof!
It lasted for about half an hour (I think we had about 4 mm of rain but I have yet to check for sure). I think of all the […]
So the thing is: I’m getting hungry for braids again. You know the whole Nigerien thing? I’ve done it a few times, and although it takes about six hours (or more, depending on how much mesh I want to use) to braid my hair, it lasts for about four weeks which is absolutely amazing… The […]
Despite the sometimes overwhelming heat, I’ve come to appreciate the warm season. The nature is so beautiful! Many trees have renewed the leaves, and the contrast between the reddish sand, the green trees and the blue sky is amazing…
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