Collections: - Menzel Photo Archives
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Keywords: - Africa - horizontal - Islam - Muslim - polygamy - polygamous

Collections: - Menzel Photo Archives
Categories: - Material World - Mali
Keywords: - Africa - horizontal - Islam - Muslim - polygamy - polygamous

Mal.mw2.1.120.xsFrom coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001. The Natomo family, with the few new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Left to right, front row: Fourou (12, daughter of Fatoumata and Soumana); Mamadou (10, son of Pama and Soumana); Fatoumata (10, daughter of Fatoumata and Soumana); Mama (8, son of Fatoumata and Soumana); Kansy (4, son of Fatoumata and Soumana). left to right, back row: Soumana Natomo (46, husband of Pama and Fatoumata); Pama Kondo, 35, wife of Soumana and co-wife of Fatoumata Toure); Mama, (13, son of Pama and Soumana); Kontie (16, son of Pama and Soumana); and Pai (18, daughter of Pama and Soumana); Fatoumata, (33, wife of Soumana and co-wife of Pama) holding Tena (4 months, daughter of Fatoumata and Soumana). In some big picture photos you can see three extended family members on the ground below: Kadia Foune who is Soumana’s sister-in-law and currently living with the family along with her two children, Mariyam, 8, and Kontie, 2, while her husband works in Ivory Coast). New Possessions: The family’s only new material possessions since 1993 are a few pieces of clothing, arranged in front of them on the roof of their earthen house; a plastic teapot, and a new storage room in the market area. Part of the courtyard has been repaired and replastered in the years since the first big picture. {{Since the coverage of the Natomo family for Material World: A Global Family Portrait in 1993, Soumana Natomo has gained greater importance in the community administration due in large part to his quiet demeanor and gentle disposition—good qualities for an arbiter of village affairs. Pama Kondo, his first wife, is a grain trader alongside of Soumana and they have built this into a business that supports the family of 15 people (including three extended family members who are now living wit

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Mal.mw.702.xsSoumana Natomo’s two wives and a number of their children in the community of Kouakourou, Mali, look at photographs from the initial countries shot for Material World: A Global Family Project before they decided to paticipate in the project. Mali was the third country photographed. The Natomo family (Soumana Natomo, his two wives—Pama Kondo and Fatoumata Toure—and 7 children) lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. {{They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. They have separate households but share meals in the courtyard of Pama’s house. The older children help care for the younger children and help with sweeping the mud brick courtyard, and dish washing and clothes washing in the Niger River. Family members are: Soumana Natomo (39, father); Pama Kondo (28, first wife); Fatoumata Toure (26, second wife); Pai Natomo (11, daughter of Soumana and Pama); Kontie Natomo (9, son of Soumana and Pama); Mama Natomo (6, son of Soumana and Pama); Mamadou (3, son of Soumana and Pama); Toure Natomo (5, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Fatoumata Natomo (3, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Mama Natomo (1, son of Soumana and Fatoumata). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.}}

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Categories: - Material World - Mali
Keywords: - Africa - Comparative - compare - comparison - stuff - household - reference - possessions - horizontal - Islam - Muslim - polygamy - polygamous - meager - poor

Mal.mw2.757.xsFrom coverage of revisit to Material World Project family in Mali, 2001. The Natomo family, with the few new possessions they have acquired since the shooting of the photograph of the family with all of its possessions for the 1994 book Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Left to right, front row: Fourou (12, daughter of Fatoumata and Soumana); Mamadou (10, son of Pama and Soumana); Fatoumata (10, daughter of Fatoumata and Soumana); Mama (8, son of Fatoumata and Soumana); Kansy (4, son of Fatoumata and Soumana). left to right, back row: Soumana Natomo (46, husband of Pama and Fatoumata); Pama Kondo, 35, wife of Soumana and co-wife of Fatoumata Toure); Mama, (13, son of Pama and Soumana); Kontie (16, son of Pama and Soumana); and Pai (18, daughter of Pama and Soumana); Fatoumata, (33, wife of Soumana and co-wife of Pama) holding Tena (4 months, daughter of Fatoumata and Soumana). In some big picture photos you can see three extended family members on the ground below: Kadia Foune who is Soumana’s sister-in-law and currently living with the family along with her two children, Mariyam, 8, and Kontie, 2, while her husband works in Ivory Coast). New Possessions: The family’s only new material possessions since 1993 are a few pieces of clothing, arranged in front of them on the roof of their earthen house; a plastic teapot, and a new storage room in the market area. Part of the courtyard has been repaired and replastered in the years since the first big picture. {{Since the coverage of the Natomo family for Material World: A Global Family Portrait in 1993, Soumana Natomo has gained greater importance in the community administration due in large part to his quiet demeanor and gentle disposition—good qualities for an arbiter of village affairs. Pama Kondo, his first wife, is a grain trader alongside of Soumana and they have built this into a business that supports the family of 15 people (including three extended family members who are now living with

Collections: - Menzel Photo Archives
Categories: - Material World - Mali
Keywords: - revisit - Africa - Comparative - compare - comparison - stuff - household - reference - possessions - horizontal - Islam - Muslim - polygamy - polygamous - meager - poor

Collections: - Menzel Photo Archives
Categories: - Material World - Mali
Keywords: - Africa - horizontal - Islam - Muslim - polygamy - polygamous - trading - crowd

Mal.mw.700.xsThe Natomo family poses for a portrait with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. Standing, wearing yellow, is Soumana’s father. The Natomo family (Soumana Natomo, his two wives—Pama Kondo and Fatoumata Toure—and 7 children) lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. {{They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. They have separate households but share meals in the courtyard of Pama’s house. The older children help care for the younger children and help with sweeping the mud brick courtyard, and dish washing and clothes washing in the Niger River. Family members are: Soumana Natomo (39, father); Pama Kondo (28, first wife); Fatoumata Toure (26, second wife); Pai Natomo (11, daughter of Soumana and Pama); Kontie Natomo (9, son of Soumana and Pama); Mama Natomo (6, son of Soumana and Pama); Mamadou (3, son of Soumana and Pama); Toure Natomo (5, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Fatoumata Natomo (3, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Mama Natomo (1, son of Soumana and Fatoumata). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.}}

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Keywords: - Africa - Comparative - compare - comparison - stuff - household - reference - possessions - horizontal - Islam - Muslim - polygamy - polygamous - meager - poor

Mal.mw.701.xsThe Natomo family poses for a portrait with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. Standing, wearing yellow, is Soumana’s father. The Natomo family (Soumana Natomo, his two wives—Pama Kondo and Fatoumata Toure—and 7 children) lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. {{They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. They have separate households but share meals in the courtyard of Pama’s house. The older children help care for the younger children and help with sweeping the mud brick courtyard, and dish washing and clothes washing in the Niger River. Family members are: Soumana Natomo (39, father); Pama Kondo (28, first wife); Fatoumata Toure (26, second wife); Pai Natomo (11, daughter of Soumana and Pama); Kontie Natomo (9, son of Soumana and Pama); Mama Natomo (6, son of Soumana and Pama); Mamadou (3, son of Soumana and Pama); Toure Natomo (5, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Fatoumata Natomo (3, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Mama Natomo (1, son of Soumana and Fatoumata). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.}}

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Keywords: - Africa - Comparative - compare - comparison - stuff - household - reference - possessions - vertical - Islam - Muslim - polygamy - polygamous - meager - poor

Mal.mw.01.xxsThe Natomo family with all of their possessions on the roof of their home in Kouakourou, Mali. Published in Material World, page 14. {{The Natomo family (Soumana Natomo, his two wives—Pama Kondo and Fatoumata Toure—and 7 children) lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. They have separate households but share meals in the courtyard of Pama’s house. The older children help care for the younger children and help with sweeping the mud brick courtyard, and dish washing and clothes washing in the Niger River. }} Family members are: Soumana Natomo (39, father); Pama Kondo (28, first wife); Fatoumata Toure (26, second wife); Pai Natomo (11, daughter of Soumana and Pama); Kontie Natomo (9, son of Soumana and Pama); Mama Natomo (6, son of Soumana and Pama); Mamadou (3, son of Soumana and Pama); Toure Natomo (5, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Fatoumata Natomo (3, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Mama Natomo (1, son of Soumana and Fatoumata). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.

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Keywords: - Africa - Comparative - compare - comparison - stuff - household - reference - possessions - horizontal - Islam - Muslim - polygamy - polygamous - meager - poor

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Mal.mw.9.xxsSoumana Natomo and the rest of his family watch as Mamadou, 3, is given his bath. Because Fatoumata Toure, the household's second wife is still nursing a baby, Pama Kondo, the first wife, carries all the water from the village well for the family’s use. The older children—especially the girls—also help with chores. In the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. Published in Material World, page 19. Childcare.{{The Natomo family (Soumana Natomo, his two wives—Pama Kondo and Fatoumata Toure—and 7 children) lives in two mud brick houses in the village of Kouakourou, Mali, on the banks of the Niger River. They are grain traders and own a mango orchard. According to tradition Soumana is allowed to take up to four wives; he has two. Wives Pama and Fatoumata are partners in the family and care for their many children together. They have separate households but share meals in the courtyard of Pama’s house. The older children help care for the younger children and help with sweeping the mud brick courtyard, and dish washing and clothes washing in the Niger River.Family members are: Soumana Natomo (39, father); Pama Kondo (28, first wife); Fatoumata Toure (26, second wife); Pai Natomo (11, daughter of Soumana and Pama); Kontie Natomo (9, son of Soumana and Pama); Mama Natomo (6, son of Soumana and Pama); Mamadou (3, son of Soumana and Pama); Toure Natomo (5, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Fatoumata Natomo (3, daughter of Soumana and Fatoumata); Mama Natomo (1, son of Soumana and Fatoumata). From Peter Menzel’s Material World Project that showed 30 statistically average families in 30 countries with all of their possessions.}}

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Mal.mw2.763.xsPama Kondo’s second eldest daughter, Pai, 18, at center in pink, has just been married to her first cousin, Baba Nientao, who has come back from the Ivory Coast where he has lived with his family since he was 12 years old. The arranged marriage was revealed to Pai the morning of the marriage, as is the custom, and she took part in the ritualized mourning for her lost youth but is all smiles now. Her mother, Pama is in pink, at right, and her mother’s co-wife Fatoumata Toure is at right, just behind her. Child, Children. {{As is the custom, she hid herself under a blanket in the corner of a room of her father’s house while her friends sat around and talked, listened to music and generally ignored her. This is all part of the custom, but when we saw Pai, she didn’t look all that happy in any regard. Earlier, we ran into her going to the local pharmacy for a headache remedy. We were surprised by the lack of involvement by Pai’s parents in the wedding process. Baba was holed up with his friends in another house in town; elders from the two sides of the family (all related, obviously) met to exchange a dowry and then pray with the Imam on the ground outside the Imam’s house; and then candies and nuts were passed out to children and the honored relatives—no parents attended this. Pai and Baba sign official papers at the government office—no parents attend this either. Next came Pai’s movement to a relative’s house. There’s dancing in the streets by all the girls in the village; the boys gather and try to find the girl so she can be brought to the man she will marry—her first cousin. This goes on all night but finally, as planned, the two get together and within three days are spending the night together. Not everything goes off without a hitch. The drummer doesn’t show up on time so the girls can’t take to the streets and so the family compound is chock-full of people waiting for the drummer. Finally, he shows up and everything can start. Pama is dry-eyed

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