KierDevils Exclusive: Africa Photos

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Photo of a cloudy day with a bungalow to the right, a white wooden gate then a kitchen building with pale green shutters

The area to the left of the gate is the main bungalow. The area to the right is the storeroom and kitchen. You can see laundry on the line in the courtyard if you look closely. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of playing field of brown grass, with groups of students on the field and under an acacia tree, with a brown, two-story building to the right and behind the tree.

This is the athletic field that I used as a foundation for where the Festival Day attack happened. The red arrow is pointing to the two story school building where I positioned one of the shooters in the story. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Corner of room showing open doorway to the right covered with a lace curtain. A green plant in a terracotta pot is in the corner. Walls are a washed out blue.

Lace curtains on the doorway into the sitting room to keep the bugs out. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of a white gate and beyond it a small plot of grass leading up to maize plants and more bungalows

This is looking over the gate from inside the courtyard. In WAR: Intrusion, I have a similar entrance to Helen's bungalow. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Corner of a courtyard with window on the left with metal security bars and a plant in a concrete planter in the corner

Note the security bars on the window. They were put on after a rash of burglaries in the area shortly after I moved in. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of a corner of a bathing room with a five gallon metal bucket underneath a showerhead. Walls are missing part of their green paint.

When the water was running, I could use the shower. But sometimes I had to use only the bucket to bathe. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of a blue and white checkered plastic table cloth on a table with two mismatched wooden chairs. To the right are blue checkered curtains over a window.

This was where I ate. Notice the coiled electric water heater for heating my bath water during colder weather. I set the scene between Helen and Lachlan here. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of a wooden desk with two drawers on the right side in front of louvered windows looking into the dining area.

The louvered windows from my spare room, aka office, opened onto the dining area. If you look closely through the window on the left you'll see my ceramic water filtration system sitting on top of my fridge. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of Vanessa Kier looking less than thrilled while sitting on a stool washing clothes in a five gallon bucket in the washing area by her outdoor faucet.

I'm washing my clothes. Don't I look thrilled? Scrubbing my clothes often left my knuckles and the tops of my fingers raw and bleeding. If you look closely at the back of my waist, you can see the pack holding my Walkman. Remember those? (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of Vanessa Kier sitting on a stool in front of an unlit brazier on which sits a metal cooking pot. She is stirring the contents of the pot with a wooden spoon.

I'm pounding banku which is made from fermented corn dough and is rolled into large balls and eaten with stew. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of a courtyard with the left half in the sun and the right half in shade. Vanessa Kier is bent over, holding a short rush broom as she sweeps.

I swept my courtyard with this short rush broom. Take a look at my left foot. You can see the tan/sunburn lines from my usual sandals. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of a low wooden table with a shelf beneath containing a blue plastic container holding onions. On top of the table is an old, rusted electric oven with two burners on top. Two aluminum cooking pots with handles are on the burners.

My kitchen, which was accessed from the courtyard. This is where Helen would have been making dinner in WAR: Intrusion. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)

Photo of dirt in the foreground with a few trees and a row of low bushes in front of a white, single story building with square columns.

This was one of the school buildings. It's where I had Helen treating the wounded after the Festival Day attack. (Photo/Vanessa Kier)