Looks like dinner...
Mariama and a friend peeling cassava for ebey (a thick spicy tangy cassava/fish/tamarind/palm oil stew that I love and Jacob hates)
Draining the "cous cous" (i.e., vermicelli pasta) after steaming it wrapped in cloth. The cous cous was later served with chicken, tangy onion sauce (yassa), and fried potatoes. Ask our parents - it's delicious!
Making baobob juice. Baobob is a chalky fruit filled with seeds and fibers, so it has to be soaked in water to liquify the fruit, then strained. The liquid is then mixed with milk, mashed banana, coconut, sugar, and artificial flavoring. Basically a smoothie. It's good stuff.
Ebey's almost finished
Mariama getting her hair done
Quick, quick, Fanta, it's time for pictures!!!
Utter chaos. This is what almost all of the pictures looked like.
If you take enough pictures, eventually you get one with everyone looking at the camera and no one sticking their hands in front or walking in front of the camera.
Gambian women don't kid around with their make-up
Whew. Saved by the rain! It's amazing how quickly the compound cleared out.
Just kidding. The photo shoot just moved inside. Fatou, sister of the bride.
Finally got one with Amie, the mother of the bride (who also happens to be our surrogate mother here)
Kaddy, one of our favorites
Look, I was there too!
Me with Amie and Kaddy
Mariama posting with her loot after everyone had left (wedding presents from her husband's parents - mostly fabric and soap)
