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Dogon woman | Dourou, Mali

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January 21, 2011

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I exchanged a couple kola nuts for this picture, taken within minutes of arriving in Dogon country. Later we discovered the kola nut thing is a total scam--very few people under this woman's age want them and then you're stuck toting around a massive amount that you were talked into buying in Bamako, hoping to give some lucky old dude a kola nut bonanza on the final day of the trek...

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