Desert Beads

Desert Beads

Photo courtesy & copyright Mark Vasconcellos

Photographed: 1989
Agadir, Niger, Africa

I was sitting in the back of a pick up truck waiting to go somewhere when this young girl approached the truck and was looking at us. I handed her some candy, but she would not eat it. I motioned to her that it was ok to eat, but she would not. Then a toddler wearing only a t-shirt walked over to her and the girl picked the baby up in her arms, unwrapped the candy and gave it to the baby. Then I realized that she would not eat the candy until her baby sister had something to eat first, so I gave her another piece of soft candy and she gladly ate it!

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