186. Sewing Room

BROGUHE, COTE D'IVOIRE, 2006. The chief's wife had a sewing room, but rain kept trickling through the palm frond roof and mildewing the clothes. Also, there was no electricity and she didn't have an electric machine. We built the new room after the civil war in 2011, when Dozos burned down 12 homes, including this room.


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