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Near Séguédine, in the middle of the desert, rises the Pic Zoumri, about 150 m high. It is a mountain of witnesses. - Kaouar - Niger - 1968

Kanouri woman with her traditional nose ring, Séguédine oasis - Kaouar - Niger - 1975

Fashion and tradition
Young woman of the Kanouri ethnic group in the Kaouar region, Tenere (Niger). Look at the traditional silver ring with the motif of a snake biting its tail. The hair braids are redone once a month. To make them shine, fat or oil is added. And always, as here on her forehead, you will find the inevitable black flies that spoil everyday life in the Sahara.
Niger - Séguédine - 1968

Two Addax antelopes running through the desert near Séguédine - Kaouar - Niger - 1966

Kanouri woman with her traditional nose ring, Séguédine oasis - Kaouar - Niger - 1975

In November 1960, this signpost number 13 was erected near Séguédine by the Berliet Mission - Kaouar - Niger - 1975

Near Séguédine, in the middle of the desert, rises the Pic Zoumri, about 150 m high. It is a mountain of witnesses. - Kaouar - Niger - 1968

The Kaouar valley runs in a north-south direction and is about 160 kilometres long. The oasis villages of Séguédine (salt production), Anney, Dirkou and Bilma (salt production) are located in the Kaouar valley, which is cut up to 100 metres deep. In the northern extension of the Kaouar valley is Enneri Blaka, known for its prehistoric rock paintings. - In the background of the picture, the Pic Zoumri near Séguédine. - Kaouar - Niger - 1968

Séguédine, the old salt town. It used to be called Sogodem and derived its wealth from the salt mines. Today it is a slowly dying oasis on the edge of the Ténéré. A few sedentary people, the Kanouri, lead a destitute existence here. – Kaouar – Niger – 1966

Young canoe woman from Séguédine. Like the tubu women, she wears a ring in the right wing of her nose, which represents a snake curling in a circle. The fine plaits of the hairstyle are re-braided about once a month. Grease or oil is added to make them shiny. – Kaouar – Niger – 1966

Young canoe woman from Séguédine. Like the tubu women, she wears a ring in the right wing of her nose, which represents a snake curling in a circle. The fine plaits of the hairstyle are re-braided about once a month. Grease or oil is added to make them shiny. – Kaouar – Niger – 1966

Young canoe woman from Séguédine. Like the tubu women, she wears a ring in the right wing of her nose, which represents a snake curling in a circle. The fine plaits of the hairstyle are re-braided about once a month. Grease or oil is added to make them shiny. – Kaouar – Niger – 1975

The beauty of the gesture of this young Kanuri woman, captured by the lens in Séguédine (Niger), should not make us forget that she is using an authentic prehistoric millstone to crush the grain used to prepare the flour from which we make the pita bread or the tasty couscous. Her gesture is the same as that of her distant ancestors, the same gesture that has also been preserved for us in Egyptian bas-reliefs. This primitive millstone, or "standing millstone", on which the grinder slides to crush the grain, must not be confused with the small Arab stone mill made up of two millstones, one, mobile, rubbing on the other, fixed, by rotation around a common axis. – Kaouar – Niger – 1966