Anthropologists have in recent decades discussed the various processes taking place during ethnographic fieldwork, critically analysing the production of the ‘other’ within anthropological contexts. This paper claims that the emphasis on the ‘other’, even though important in some contexts, can be limited and inadequate in reflecting the complex processes taking place in ethnographic fieldwork. The discussion, taking as an example ethnographic fieldwork among WoDaaBe in Niger, stresses the importance of looking at intersections and the dialectical nature of the ethnographers' multiple identities, focusing especially on ‘racial’ identity and gender as two points of interacting identifications.