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Bennett's Family in Gamadji, Senegal (Slide 21), 1980 March

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Bennett lived in a typical, multi-generational family compound.

Dates: 1980 March

Motorcycles (Slide 26), 1980 March

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Podor, Senegal. Peace Corps issued Yamaha 80s--essentially useless minibikes rather than solid dirt bikes. I left mine in Podor and relied on my feet in the village and public transportation to go anywhere else.

Dates: 1980 March

Mama et Fifi with Raky Oumou Wane in Mboumba, Senegal (Slide 35) , 1980 April

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My sister, Raky Oumou, and her family lived in Nouakchott, Mauritania, but visited occassionally. The twins were darling.

Dates: 1980 April

Running Out of Water in Mboumba, Senegal (Slide 17) , 1980 May

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This section of the Senegal River, critical for Mboumba's rice fields, dried up for the first time ever in 1980.

Dates: 1980 May

Fisherman (Slide 20-21), 1980 June

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Mboumba, Senegal. Subalu Mboumba (fisherman's Mboumba) is in the background.

Dates: 1980 June

Children Playing In Water (Slide 22), 1980 June

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Mboumba, Senegal. This is looking up river…. The children were chanting "Ibra Wane, nalleni jam" (or, devoid of poetry, "Phil Carls, let us pass the day in peace").

Dates: 1980 June