Mariama Hima

Mariama and Damouré, two cousins, are in Venice looking for a relic—or fetish—lost a long time ago, as in one of Gentile Bellini’s famous paintings. Moving from the Grand Canal to the Niger River, the two mischievous cousins reveal to us that the relic is none other than the ritual ax of Dongo.

In a district of Niamey, in Niger, craftsmen and consumers save all that is possible and "make new with the old."

In a district of Niamey, in Niger, craftsmen and consumers save all that is possible and "make new with the old."