A Fulani woman in a village in southwestern Niger sits in front of her house with a baby. She sits on a traditional, hand-made millet stalk bed, which she sleeps on at night with no mattress.

Keywords:
african, baby, bed, boy, child, choker, clothing, development, earring, fulani, girl, headwrap, house, hut, jewelry, lifestyle, mud, necklace, niger, nigerien, People, poor, poverty, stick, straw roof, travel, village, west africa, woman, wood

Ref: 2007 4185

Location: Bele Kwara, Niger, West Africa

Photographer: Irene Abdou