Over the weekend, we made our way down to Kartong – the last village before the border of the Casamance – Southern Senegal, to stay with old friends, Maurice and Geri, at their eco lodge, Sandele. The main purpose of our visit was to interview LJ – an ex- local bush meat hunter, whoContinue reading “The hunter turned conservationist – protecting sea turtles in The Gambia, West Africa”
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Crowdfunding – a very personalized way to say ‘thank you’ to your sponsors and donors
Early in January 2013, we completed our ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea Africa odyssey‘, after covering three West African countries, from the source of the river in the Fouta Djallon Highlands of Guinea, on into Senegal, finally reaching our journeys end where the River Gambia flows into the Atlantic Ocean in The Republic ofContinue reading “Crowdfunding – a very personalized way to say ‘thank you’ to your sponsors and donors”
“Hello, my name is Alieu” – the Tippy Tap is in The (#ebolafree) Gambia, West Africa
It’s great to see Jason’s images from our ‘Tippy Tap‘ assignment – we did a few months back here in The Gambia – for NGO, Concern Universal, up on their new website. For such a simple, affordable, invention the rewards of using the Tippy Tap are tenfold for the people we met… such as WudayContinue reading ““Hello, my name is Alieu” – the Tippy Tap is in The (#ebolafree) Gambia, West Africa”
New photo project: Masquerades, The (#ebolafree) Gambia, West Africa
Now that we are back in The Gambia, we’ll be continuing with a photography project, based on the traditional masquerades of this region of West Africa. Despite the Gambia being a predominantly Muslim country, the animist fuelled masquerade ceremonies pre-date the arrival of Islam and are still tolerated and practiced around the country. Animism is anContinue reading “New photo project: Masquerades, The (#ebolafree) Gambia, West Africa”
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