Many years ago, the villages by Gomparou were Djerma villages. Today, the Djerma live by the big river, the Niger. ARFA Harmani is a Djerma man from the other side of the Niger. It is very hot there and the rains are not good. He married a Yoni woman from Arbonga and came to farm her family's land. She has been dead for many years, and he lives with his grandchildren. He has been blind for many years.






[Beneath the ficus growing from SABI Tokoré's grave.]