JOHN VC

The fables of John Van Couvering

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Baby boom

April 15th, 2009 · No Comments

During an evening with an anthropologist friend, we somehow got around to the subject of diapers, or rather no diapers, among the Baulé villagers with whom she had lived in Mali. “Ever notice how African babies don’t wear anything on their bottoms? Just open pants with no seat?” Well, come to think of […]

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Sticky Boys (Mali and Senegal, 2001)

September 1st, 2007 · No Comments


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Tags: Travel · Africa