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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. The Grand Mosquee, centerpiece of the village, was built several hundred years ago during an era of great religious fervor in Burkina Faso.
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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, Bani, 2007. By midday, almost everyone in this group was clearly exhausted, yet the singer's call and response continued until well after dark.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. The sun dips behind a mosque's minaret atop the flats overlooking Bani village.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. A stout forked stick is used by the devotional singers of Bani to rest on. Children as well as adults need this prop.
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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, Bani, 2007. Many of the Muslim devotional singers of Bani are children, enthusiastic in their embrace of the tradition but showing the strain of standing for hours.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. The call and response of Bani's Muslim devotional singing requires almost constant attention, and these boys give it all they can.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. The village is almost wholly built of mud and local wooden beams, as are the seven mosques that dot the landscape.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. Vultures loom over the empty courtyard of the "Grand Mosquee" in Bani.
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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, Bani, 2007. The graceful curve of a mature zebu's horn, seen in the dying light of afternoon near the main road.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. A local watches his flock and a group of boys playing football far below on the dry-season floodplain outside of town.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. The main hall of the Grand Mosquee in Bani, one of seven magnificent mud mosques built during a Muslim renaissance several centuries ago.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. In the graveyard along the steep path to the top of the flats, signs of life among the volcanic rocks of Bani's desert environment.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. Atop the barren landscape a few hundred meters from town, a shepherd surveys the territory near one of Bani's seven mud mosques.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. Mud construction cool even in the midday heat, the arched interior passageways of the Grand Mosquee lead to a large central prayer hall.
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  • BURKINA FASO, Bani, 2007. Eyes closed in concentration, a man participates in the devotional singing of the town's Muslims.
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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. 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 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. 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. 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. A Bella woman watches over her handmade pots at Gorom-Gorom's regional 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. A Fulani boy has time on his hands at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market.
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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. Fulani women arrive early at Gorom-Gorom's Thursday market, which serves the whole region
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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. 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. 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 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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, Dori, 2007. The lakebed near Dori, in the northeastern corner of Burkina Faso, is replenished if the rainy season is good.
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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, Ouagadougou, 2007. Dwarfed by a pile of firewood, an exhausted boy rests in the late afternoon.
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  • Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, 2007. At the long distance bus station in Ouagadougou, two mothers wait patiently with thir children.
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  • Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, 2007. A Tuareg nomad rests just next to a busy Ouagadougou intersection.
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  • Burkina Faso, Dori, 2007. A brick maker labors at the bottom of a water hole where the clay is good.
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  • Burkina Faso, Dori, 2007. A mother looks proudly at her daughter as she learns to accept a stranger.
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  • Burkina Faso, Dori, 2007. In the dry season, the water level sinks well below the lakebed in this northeastern corner of the country.
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  • Burkina Faso, Dori, 2007. Near the Dori market, a Muslim man expresses himself in dance.
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  • Burkina Faso, Bani, 2007. In Bani's only school, a mixed-age class prepares for the day's lesson in French.
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  • Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, 2007. Many street vendors must move constantly to find customers.
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  • Burkina Faso, Bani, 2007. Boys sing at a Muslim ritual lasting twenty-four hours.
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  • Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, 2007. Sisters help a young girl get hair extensions along a quiet Oaugadougou back street.
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  • Burkina Faso, Dori, 2007. A Fulani mother and child take a moment of rest during the midday heat.
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  • Niger, Agadez, 2007. There is little to do for these two Nigeriens in the center of the big market in Agadez.
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  • Niger, Boubon, 2007. A Muslim pirogue driver takes a moment for evening prayer by the banks of the Niger River.
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  • Niger, Agadez, 2007. After some guarded looks, two veiled girls on their way home from school finally relax.
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