A Mauritanian poses for a portrait in the village of Bounessa in the Affole region of Mauritania Bounessa is a village of only
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A Mauritanian poses for a portrait in the village of Bounessa in the Affole region of Mauritania Bounessa is a village of only 61 families all of one sub clan and tribe the Swaqer of the Hel Sidi Mahmoud The families were once nomadic but since they built a dam in 1960 they are settled now The great majority of Mauritanians use Hasaniya Arabic which along with Wolof is an official language The country has a complex social caste system with light skinned Moors usually in positions of power and black Africans often at the bottom of the social ladder Photo by Ami Vitale