The time will come when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving at your own door...
You will love again the stranger who was your self.

--Derek Walcott
































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Kira Frees Two Slave Women in Timbuktu--

I wanted to buy the freedom of two Bella slave women, so I negotiated with their Tuareg master, Zengi (pictured in the photos). Incredibly, Zengi ended up charging me ~US $130 per woman. Later, I talked to the women in private, and they spoke of physical abuse and rape at the hands of their Tuareg masters.

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Scenes of the Niger River en route to Timbuktu

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