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“Men of the Wodaabe tribe paint their face with pigments made from crushed rocks. Away from the eyes of antigovernment militant groups and the surveillance of the military, I managed to arrive at a pasture of this nomadic tribe. Being highly aesthetic, men wear makeup to win the affection of women. They travel the Sahel with hundreds of long-horned cattle. Those people, living in harmony with Mother Earth in the remotest part of Africa, completely cut off from modern society, were more beautiful than anything I had ever seen in my life.”

– © Uruma Takezawa