Wedding celebration on my street

It was the son of the guard our of neighboring house who got married (a young fellow who works for the MSF) but I don't know to whom...

They set up a huge tent in the street and celebrated for two days.
"Listen," YB said to me as we rode by, "Nigerien music!" I laughed because all I could hear was the tam-tam drums echoing a rhythm... :-)

Hehe, sometimes it's hard to get keep the phone straight when your own mount is trotting away!

Ishtar

Portraits by Anette Bengtsson

I have been spoiled since my arrival, as I have been in the company of a professional camera woman, or at least, so it seems... How I will survive after she has left, I have no idea, but in the meantime, I thought I would let you enjoy some of the portraits she has taken during the four week stay in Niger...

Kids from the street

Mahammadu, one of Ali's sons

An interesting guy at the race track... Actually one of the first pictures Anette took!

Stay tuned for part II!

/Ishtar