I wanted to take this picture with my neice Ana when she was here--her real name is Anais. But Niamey is the kind of town that just because you pass a place once doesn't mean you'll ever run across it again, the streets are not exactly laid out in a grid. So this one is for my petite soeur, my little sister, as she's called here, which I think sounds much better than my husband's cousin's daughter.
I love these blue-background hair cutting signs. I love the names of the hair cuts, for example "the Concord."
Right outside Niamey, near the village of Kouré, roam the last herd of wild giraffes in West Africa. You can tell this picture was taken around Tabaski time, those are sheep on top of that van.
Sister Brigitte feeds, bathes, provides cozy beds and educates thirty kids, and it's not even on the top of her to do list.
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