Sahel: Tuareg Girl Waiting Out The Midday Heat

Overwhelmed by Niger’s Sahel midday heat, a Tuareg girl of the Illebakan vassal caste rests under her family’s leather tent. Like carbon paper, the indigo of her clothes has colored her skin.

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Sahel: Tuareg Madonna

Tuareg woman sitting inside her tent near Tchin Tabaraden in Niger’s Sahel.

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Sahel: Sensual High-Caste Tuareg Woman

Tuareg women don’t hide behind veils of false modesty. They look men straight in the eyes. Though Moslem, they belong to a Berber matriarchal society that gives them rights equal to those of men, and then some.

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Sahel: High-Caste Tuareg Women Enjoy A Priviledged Life

High-caste Tuareg women resting inside a leather tent in Niger's Sahel. Male and female servants do the work.

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Sahara: Noble Kel Rela Tuareg Man And Daughter Inside Tent

The blinding sun is burning out Niger’s Sahara Desert behind a Tuareg man and his daughter, of the noble Kel Rela tribe, resting under their leather tent. The girl’s mother died giving her birth and her father raised her, often nursing her from the saddle of his camel. They developed an exceptional bond.

Sahara: Midday Nap Under A Tuareg Tent

Out of the scorching midday sun of Niger’s Sahara’s Tamesna region, a Tuareg man and his  baby take a nap under their leather tent.

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Sahara: Resting Tuareg Mother And Daughter

The midday heat of Niger’s Sahel chased a Tuareg mother and daughter under their leather tent for a nap, the mother on her bed, her daughter on the sand.  Their arms are dyed dark blue from shiny pieces of clothing, like the girl's indigo head dress, whose color comes off as if from carbon paper.

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Colombia: Noanama Boy Under The Spell Of A Forest Vault

While his father went into the forest to get some plantain bananas, this Noanama boy feeds his patience studying Colombia’s Choco rain forest’s canopy.

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Colombia: Loving Noanama Couple Of The Chocó Rain Forest

In a tight embrace, a loving Noanama couple is watching the Docordó River flow below from the height of their stilted hut in Colombia’s Chocó  rain forest

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Colombia: Kuna Mother And Daughter

Kuna Indian mother and daughter sitting in a hammock inside their hut in Colombia’s Choco rain forest along the Gulf of Uraba.

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