Washing a goat in the Niger. Niafunke villageTouareg girls hide behind their veils. Somewhere in the Sahara.Bamako. Mothers carry their babies wrapped in a shawl tied around their body.A Dogon dancer's costume covered with cowrie shells.Bamako: selling fans that she has made in her home.A Bella man smokes a silver pipe. The Bella are vassals to the Touareg.Timbouctou: a small boy and the mosque of Djinguereber. The mosque was built in 1330 by Mansa Musa.A Moorish boy at a well deep in the Sahara. He takes his work seriously. His father relys on him.In Segou a boy spins thread to earn a living.Camels in Araouane. The front camel has a 'butterfly saddle'. This is very comfortable and allows the rider to doze on the long trek.A Moor trader goes north to Taodenni to trade millet for salt.Preparing a meal in a Bamako home.Djenne Mosque, the largest mud building in the world.Djenne Mosque at the end of Ramadan.A Dogon Dancer in costume.A Dogon village hidden high in the Bandiagara escarpment .Rarely did we see a gold nose ring. This woman in Djenne wears one.Hands of a man who said his ancestors came from Ethiopia.
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A Bella man smokes a silver pipe. The Bella are vassals to the Touareg.