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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 2001 Peter Menzel www.menzelphoto.com
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