The Milliner’s Wife Niger The Red Planet
A woman carrying a huge bag on her head and squash under her arm
About to cross the road in this wonderful attire going to some social event
The Red Planet women are the living social network of the desert
They walk long miles to fulfil their duties, arrange marriages and wake at the funerals
The desert is never completely desert, it is criss-crossed by the tracks of its social life
Hugh Ardoin Niger The Red Planet Gallery
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