Mahammadou Kabirou greets his baby brother, Hakimou. They are the two youngest sons of my neighbor and friend, Jadi. I was really surprised to see how white the new babies look the first few weeks. Now I just tell them it must be my baby and they should give it to me. Saying nice things about a baby is taboo. It is customary to tell the mother how ugly her baby is and how it has "no goodness". This will make the devil or spirits less likely to take the baby from the mother.