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| My friend, Abdul Aziz's new baby girl and first child, Aissatou! |
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| Putting down the second floor of the new mosque in Ngaoundal. Everyone pitched in because they needed to lay the entire cement floor in one day. |
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| Finally learned how to turn couscous. This is pretty bad form, but give me a break, it was my second time! |
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| First Cameroonian meal that I prepared all by myself: Couscous de manioche and Koombee (my favorite!) |
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| Hawa showing off the new outfit I sewed for her. (Thanks for the fabric, Brian!) |
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| My friend, Aissatou's new baby girl. She is only a couple days old and won't be given her name until a week after her birth. |
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| Neighbor boys looking spiffy for the Fete du Ramadan |
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| The neighbor gals in their Ramadan outfits |
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| Two of my very favorite Danfilians, Fadi and Bamanga, and I in our Ramadan outfits |
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| The Tibati mosque |
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| During the Fete du Ramadan each year, the Lamido (the head chief of the region) organizes a "Fantasia". Him and all of the members of the chefferie wear their tradition outfits and perform a ceremony for the village. People come from surrounding villages to watch and greet him. The man in the green turban and sunglasses is the Lamido. |
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| During the ceremony, members of the chefferie race from the far end of the street to the Lamido's palace where he is seated on his horse. When they get close to the Lamido, they slow up their horses at the last minute and greet him. |
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| The fete crew: Victoria, George, Brian, and Pax |
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| More members of the chefferie on their horses. |
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| Finally, in July we sent Brian back to the good ol' US of A. One last night with the Ngaoundal crew (including our bartender friend, Antoinne). |
