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.