Back-bending labor produces salt at Teguidda-n-Tessoumt in Niger. Briny well water is mixed with salty earth in large depressions. The mud is then placed in smaller ponds for evaporation, George Steinmetz.

sahelle:

Tuareg lady, Niger

by J-L Manaud.

d-ici-et-d-ailleurs:

‘Woodabe’ de la série ‘Nomads in Niger’ - © Terri Gold

Niger, Raymond Depardon.

ukpuru:

ukpuru:

Oyewusi II in his beaded coronation tunic, which the Speed Art Museum recently purchased from the Douglas Dawson Gallery.

Ulli Beier (1982). Yoruba Beaded Crowns: Sacred Regalia of the Olokuku and the Okuku. [Cover Detail]. [+]

[Greater Niger Series]

endilletante:

Michel Renaudeau, Regards sur le Niger, textes d’Ide Oumarou, Société Africaine d’Edition, Dakar, 1978.

awakonate:

Young Wodaabe man with facial scarifications, Abouza, Zinder-Tanout region, Niger, 1970 | © of Eliot Elisofon

awakonate:

Wodaabe women, Chadawanka village, Niger, 1971 | © of Eliot Elisofon

The ancient and mysterious city of Djado, Niger, George Steinmetz.

Women make  trips to the well to supply their families with water, Niger, George Steinmetz.