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Burkina Faso "Tribes of Gorom-Gorom" Jay Dunn 28 images Created 27 Mar 2008

West Africa, Burkina Faso, 2007. --

The small town of Gorom-Gorom, in the sand-locked northeastern corner of Burkina Faso, is host each Thursday to an extraordinarily vibrant market: Bella nomads and Fulani vendors, Hausa farmers and Tuareg traders come from miles around, on foot, by donkey or camel, and in vehicles of every kind, to buy or barter animals, spices, goatskins, medicines, pottery, produce and dry goods, everything and anything essential to life.

In full swing by ten o'clock in the morning, the town square from which the market starts expands in every direction, the available shelter from the sun eclipsed by the demand for sales space. By nightfall in the desert, one can still see exhausted vendors returning to their villages, babies fast asleep, trudging familiar paths in the dusk. -- More at www.jaydunn.org --
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Fulani women arrive early at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, which serves the whole region
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Bella herder takes his time evaluating a cow at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday animal market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Bella nomad surveys the spices at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, attended by hundreds of traders.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Hands stained purple by home turban dying, this Tuareg is buying cattle at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, famous in the region.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Bella woman watches over her handmade pots at Gorom-Gorom's regional market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Fulani boy has time on his hands at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A curious Fulani girl watches the proceedings as traders arrive for Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, which serves the whole region.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Tuareg nomads sell halters and lead ropes for a variety of animals at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday animal market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Handmade bracelets are only a few of the many adornments of this Bella vegetable vendor at Gorom-Gorom's regional market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Tuareg, Bella and Hausa traders await new stock at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday animal market, which serves the whole region.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Fulani women negotiate the price of goatskins, a prized commodity at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. This Bella woman has spices for sale at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, which serves the whole region.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. This Fulani herder's hat is essential for protection from the sun during Burkina's intense dry season.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Fulani, Taureg and Bella nomads wait for new stock to arrive at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday animal market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. This Tuareg nomad has brought camels from fifty miles away to sell at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday animal market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Traders and nomads from miles around make this Thursday market one of the busiest in Burkina Faso.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. This young woman is selling reeds for weaving baskets at Gorom-Gorom's busy Thursday market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Fulani family take advantage of the shade at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, which serves the whole region.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. After riding in for two or three hours, Bella craftsmen finally arrive at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Fulani women often carry their wealth with them in the form of jewelry, and are known for their elaborate hairstyles.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Tuareg nomad patiently waits for buyers in the controlled chaos of Gorom-Gorom's Thursday animal market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Fulani woman bites a Maria Theresa dollar coin as a joke to make sure it is real.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Tuareg traders bring a young cow for a buyer's inspection at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, which serves the whole region.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Tuareg, a Bella, and a Fulani nomad share a resting place at Gorom-Gorom's busy Thursday animal market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Fulani mother looks tenderly at her baby near Gorom-Gorom's busy Thursday market, which serves the whole region.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. A Bella goat vendor keeps his valauble stock close at hand at Gorom-Gorom's busy Thursday animal market.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. After all day at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, around four in the afternoon Bella women begin the long ride home.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Gorom-Gorom, 2007. Fulani women arrive early at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, which serves the whole region
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