Walking along the beach, near Brufut, on Sunday, Jason and I happened across a Mandinka initiation ‘Coming of Age‘ ceremony – a traditional rite of passage. Three young boys had been brought to the beach, to be ceremonially washed by older boys, former initiates, as part of the final stages of their circumcisionContinue reading “Instagram: Kankurang – traditional masquerade, The Gambia, West Africa”
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Wish you were here – postcards from the edges of another place and time
I once read an interesting travel article by a writer, Guy Trebay, about how he still sends postcards from wherever his travels take him to. I say ‘still’ because it does seem, at least for the vast majority of people I know, as if the action of putting pen to paper (or card) andContinue reading “Wish you were here – postcards from the edges of another place and time”
Photo of the Day: Peek-a-boo, girl and boys, Northern Ghana, West Africa
Northern Ghana, West Africa (taken whilst on assignment for Concern Universal, NGO, with Jason Florio)
Photo of the Day: ‘Sisters’, Northern Ghana, West Africa
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