Gilles & Myriam Bonvallat
Gilles & Myriam are AIM mobilisers for French speaking Europe. They recently visited a TIMO
The Fulani in Western Niger are sometimes called “Gorgaabe”, meaning “People of the West”. The majority of them have settled in and around towns and cities in the Departments of Niamey and Dosso, some have become farmers, although owning cattle is still a key part of their ethnic identity. Fulani culture places a high value on self-control and on a certain stoicism which does not allow any demonstration of weakness. When one Fulani wants to express friendship towards another, he will lend him a cow. The person receiving the cow takes care of it until it has a calf, and then he returns it to the owner.
Gilles & Myriam are AIM mobilisers for French speaking Europe. They recently visited a TIMO
In a recent prayer letter Angèle described the celebrations of the birth of a friend’s
The TIMO team to the Fulani have been in Niger since May 2016. Angèle tells us how the team have seen God working in the hearts of the Fulani.
Angèle moved to Niger last year to live among the agricultural Fulani people. She tells us about the people and their beliefs.
A friend recently wrote with news: “The days are filled with various household tasks (tidying,