1. Togo Beauty parlor under the mango tree

    These are the adorable children of my health counterpart Henou in my village Affem Kabye. The kids loved to comb, braid, and touch my "silky" hair. My favorite little girl Margueritte put corn silk on her head so her hair would be like mine

  2. Togo La pesee

    Baby weighing at the Affem Kabye health hut in the Tchamba prefecture, Central Region, Togo. We'd place the baby in a 'pagne' suspended from the Salter scale. Typically the babies would scream bloody murder so we were especially appreciative of baby boy Atchala's behavior and temperament during the weighing. As was usually the case, other kids would look on

  3. Malawi wikipolo with mother

    This child's name is wikipolo. He is here with his mother; a very young girl just out of her teen years.

  4. Malawi wikipolo

    This childs name was wikipolo. The grandmother is shown here caring for wikipolo. I thought the name was great; though I do not know what it means in Chichewa.

  5. Malawi carlsberg beer in malawi

    circa 1992. carlsberg beer distribution center Malawi.

  6. Malawi favorite tailor

    This was my favorite tailor in Malawi 1992.

  7. Malawi my host family in Malawi

    This was my host family in Malawi circa 1992.

  8. Malawi the lorry transport

    This was standard transportation in Malawi circa 1992. Hard to fathom when coming from a land of one car per person in the USA.

  9. Malawi gotta be happy with a bike!

    Bicycling in Malawi is the main mode of transportation. This fellow was having a jolly good time.

  10. Malawi Malawi host family

    This is my Malawian host family. circa 1992.

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“Sunset at the Railroad” by PCV Nicholas Baylor Hall. Namibia, 2011.