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Leslie Clark: Living History

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Updated: Aug 15, 2024

I am in mourning because I cannot return to my adopted country of Niger in November as I had planned. I have been there, living part-time and working with the nomads for over 30 years. When I visit them it is stepping back in time. They are living as they have for centuries.



This portrait is of a friend of mine, Nassamou, who is dancing at a Gerewol festival of the Wodaabe nomads in Niger. This is present-day. It is a continuing tradition around which their culture is based. I love to experience it and hope to again, one day, but modern political machinations are making it difficult so my solace is to paint it.

 
 
 

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