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As you probably all know by now, I love the Zinder bush. I love the contrast between the yellow sand, the red mud, the green trees and the often so blue sky. It’s serene and I can watch it for ages.
There’s something precious about the expanse, the ancient rocks and the handful of villages situated […]
Little Abdul was eating a mango by himself…
…when the kids saw Ishtar bring out the camera, and all of a sudden, there was no longer only one!
The superpose
Boys speak a universal boy language wherever they are
Aichatu, Adama and a brother
Laughter is contagious
Mina and a friend from another street
I realize […]
Having been sick again this weekend, my doctor sent me the hospital lab in order to see if there is something wrong with my system, seeing I’ve been getting sick with frequent intervals lately…
Luckily, I was feeling better again, because going to the hospital is a pretty exhausting excursion, although I must say that although […]
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 […]
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