This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic ... through the smoke. The men beside him murmur in assent. It's late at night, deep in the East African bush.

This story appears in the March 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... worn as hard as the trails leading down to the river. Men from his tribe, the Kara, are renowned marksmen.

The West African country, a crossroads for trade ... This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Just before dusk, the first pickup trucks roll past the checkpoint ...