Taking the hubby for a walk on the Niamey streets
While he sips lukewarm water from a plastic pouch
Looks like she is the first spouse leading her tamed husband
In French-speaking West Africa they call her the Big Wife
There is little or no peace in polygamy, it is open warfare
Like the evening is all pastels, before turning into black
Hugh Ardoin The Niamey Dusk and Dust Gallery