Tales of an Ikut Swami
Story behind the book
“In her personal and enchanting memoir, Kessler, using a voice that resonates with authenticity, tells her story with, a growing affection, and profound insights, bringing her readers to her very side as she travels and meets and serves with women of Asia and gloriously, the women of Africa.”
-Patricia Lee Gauch, Longtime Editor in Chief of Philomel Books
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Ha’apai women, Tonga.
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Dianne, Shitaye, Cristina, Rahel: WOW Project, Ethiopia.
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Village women, Bangladesh.
Young Puel women, Mali.
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Ingal Tuareg woman, Niger.
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Woo, Cape Town, South Africa.
Dogon women, Mali.
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North Kordofan women, Sudan.
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Karen Jones Meadows, United States.
Ms. Childs, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Puel woman, Mali.
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Sasak woman, Lombok, Indonesia.
Samburu girls, Kenya.
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Maradi woman, Niger.
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Veve Jacobsen, Niue, South Pacific.
Addis Ababa woman with traditional dress, Ethiopia.
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Carnival dancer, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Woman working in her seaweed shamba, Zanzibar.