People he phoned in Paris asked him about all the violence but there wasn't any, or at least he did not encounter any. He photograhs in black and white. He says that color is for shooting wars. You are suspect, you are white, you are colonial. When you go in with a tape recorder and a camera they assume that you will be taking something from them for which you will be paid.
Nobody talks about cameras stealing their souls any more, but many musicians have been ripped off.
So I made sure everybody got a little something, even if it was only a couple of beers, in exchange for small services rendered. Everybody who was recorded was paid, everybody that helped me received a small salary.'' - HE paid for beds in friends of friends' houses. He'd participate in the food, he'd pay somebody's brother who was showing him the way to a master musician nobody had ever photographed. He learned the value of each country's money and was careful not to be too generous because that can be dangerous too. Nigeria was the only place where he smelled danger up close.