“From the time I started the concoction, I got weaker and weaker, my condition got worse. After July, I went to the MRC – which had been my treatment centre – and tested. My CD4 count had dropped to 80 – a threat to me, anything can happen” Fatou Jatta, survivor Jammeh’s HIV/AIDS ‘cure’ programContinue reading “The Gambia: Portraits of survivors of Yahya Jammeh’s HIV/AIDS ‘cure’ treatment ©Jason Florio”
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Looking back: A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush, 930km African Odyssey
‘A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush – 930km African Odyssey‘ Throughout November and December 2009 Expedition: The first-ever circumnavigation, completely by foot, of The Gambia, West Africa by award-winning photojournalist & filmmaker, Jason Florio, and photography producer, Helen Jones-Florio, three Gambians, two donkeys, and a cart! Along the way, Jason shot what have becomeContinue reading “Looking back: A Short Walk in the Gambian Bush, 930km African Odyssey”
Interviewing sole survivor of a massacre, Ghanaian, Martin Kyere ©Jason Florio
Interviewing sole survivor of a massacre, Ghanaian, Martin Kyere. Martin was one of a group of over 50 West African migrants, who were endeavouring to reach Europe when the boat they boarded in Senegal veered off course and landed in The Gambia. #Portraits4PositiveChange According to recent witness testimonies by members of President Yahya Jammeh’s hit squad, ‘the Junglers’, at the Truth Reconciliation andContinue reading “Interviewing sole survivor of a massacre, Ghanaian, Martin Kyere ©Jason Florio”
Documentary film making in Ghana, West Africa. Image ©Jason Florio
Documentary film making in Ghana, West Africa (more news on that soon…). After wrapping filming today we watched as local fishermen gather their nets at the end of a days fishing, James Town beach, Accra. Related Posts: ‘Gambia – victims, and resisters’ / #Portraits4PositiveChange _____________________ Available for assignments & for image licensing – Contact here floriophoto.comContinue reading “Documentary film making in Ghana, West Africa. Image ©Jason Florio”
