April 13, 2008

national musée

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A number of animals live in the zoo portion of the National Museum. All are native to Niger, all in small old-fashioned cages of the Curious George style. Artisans work in an atelier section of the musée, doing leather work, silver, weaving, and there is a shop of people making lamps out of calabashes. There are samples of local housing, tuareg tents, huts, houses made of local bricks. And most interestingly, there are a number of people who live at the musée. Like a village within the zoo. This week, we'll tour the National Musée.

March 30, 2008

new building

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In the two years we've been in Niamey, new houses have been built doite et gauche. Voici, one of the many new houses on our street.

February 09, 2008

grand mosque

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January 21, 2008

termite mound and shade huts

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  • “The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.” - Charles Baudelaire