This Wodaabe nomad man of Niger’s Sahel is watching other men dance the
Gerewol, which doubles as an annual male beauty contest between clans. It takes
place during the few weeks of rain that provide enough pasture and water for
those people’s zebus to allow the tribe to stay together at one place for a
while.
The way he and a friend lean
on each other does not connote homosexuality and is common among Wodaabe men
and women.
