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Esther & Sheba meet Esther’s friend Ladi on their way to the office, who is bringing a bowl of breakfast to an older relative down the road.
SHEBA: Ladi, my good friend! What a joy to see you! Is that bowl of food for me…?
ESTHER: [...] !
SHEBA: Oh well, apparently not, but it certainly looks yummy! [...]
My world changed dramatically last week when I invited 14 year old Ramatu - my mother’s protegee - to come and live with us so that she could go to a propper school. “She’s will be all yours,” her father said after he had told me how happy he was about the offer, and although [...]
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It’s wintertime here in Niger. Some days are temperate and sunny while some are cold and dusty (especially around dawn), but the bush is just as enjoyable as ever.
We meet more people now that the millet fields have opened up to the nomads, who are bringing their animals south from the northern pastures.
Not too long [...]
For the past two weeks, we’ve been enjoying the visit of Eden’s chairman of the board Staffan Göranson and his wife Inger.
Having not been to Niger since Eden’s early stages twenty years ago, there was a lot to catch up on!
One of our first outings was a visit to Zinder’s market.
It’s an obligatory stop and [...]
While out riding in the bush, we sometimes encounter local hunting parties.
These constitute of a number of hunters men and their well-trained Azawakh dogs.
As the men only carry sticks, the hunting is most probably carried out exclusively by the Azawakh dogs, who hunt by sight.
Although Sheba is one of the most social dogs I’ve ever [...]
People have been preparing for the upcoming Tabaski celebration for weeks now and today is finally the BIG day!
Of the two great celebrations, Ramadan and Tabaski, the latter is generally the favourite one, as everybody gets to eat meat. It’s the day when every family slaughters a male animal, (or more, depending on your financial [...]
The Zinder bush is a great place to go birdwatching. Niger has more than 500 bird species coming through (many of them seasonal) and this is the time of the year to see them.
This past Saturday, we went on a 3 hour long ride (a nice way to celebrate my birthday!). Amidst all of our [...]
A week after I’d been to the seasonal lake of Dadin Serki with my dad, Anette and I went back with Sheba. Although the lake has had water since June, I didn’t want her in still water when she was a puppy - and even now, I checked with the vet first who told me [...]
When we came back six weeks ago, the bush was all green and lush.
It was still very hot though, but that’s how the rainy season goes.
It only cools down after the rains, and when the days are cloudy.
Sunny days are hot, but the view is beautiful!
Sheba was thrilled to be out in the bush again! [...]
The rainy season has ended and the nights are getting cold(ish). We should be approaching winter (passing through a short hot season first), but occasional heavy clouds often linger in the background, causing the Internet to go off. These are funny times.
Snow next? We’ve had hail before, so it’s not an impossibility.
Two weeks ago, I was out riding with my father, as we’ve been doing every weekend since getting back to Niger. I wanted to take him to one of my favourite hilltops in the Zinder bush, but was met by the Dadin Serki tapki (seasonal lake), which had eaten up the dirt road. It look [...]
The rains have ended, but the Zinder bush still sports a green coat.
The seasonal lakes are filled with water, but these will dry during the months to come.
As you all know, the Zinder bush is one of my favourite places on earth,
..and best enjoyed on horseback!
This time a year is great for bird watching, for [...]
Monday last week saw the end of the Ramadan fasting, and the whole street was celebrating.
The kids were thrilled when they saw that I took out my camera, and wanted to pose with Sheba. Sheba however, my lovely ridgeback girl from Sweden, was not in the best of photo posing modes,
…and I thought the kids [...]
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