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Photography Exhibition: ‘Portraits to Remember’ – victims and resisters, The Gambia, West Africa

Exhibiting for the first time, portraits from the on-going series, ‘Gambia – Victims, and Resisters of a Regime‘ taken over the past two years in The Gambia, and Senegal We are delighted to be part of this group show and it’s truly an honour to be able to have the opening, in The Gambia, at the Gambia Centre for VictimsContinue reading “Photography Exhibition: ‘Portraits to Remember’ – victims and resisters, The Gambia, West Africa”

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On this day-February 18th, 2017 – New President Adama Barrow’s Inauguration Day on Gambian Soil

An incredible day in the history of The Gambia, West Africa – February 18th, 2017. A rapturous welcome, and a time of hope – after the 22-year dictatorial rule of Yayha Jammeh – as tens of thousands of Gambians, welcome home their new president, Adama Barrow who, when the ousted Jammeh refused to step down, forContinue reading “On this day-February 18th, 2017 – New President Adama Barrow’s Inauguration Day on Gambian Soil”

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#Portraits4PositiveChange The Gambia, West Africa © Jason Florio

#Portraits4PositiveChange The Gambia © Jason Florio Ebrima Jabang, age 64, was arrested along with the opposition activist, Solo Sandeng, during the April 14th, 2016 peaceful protest for electoral reform. He was taken to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) headquarters, tied face down on a table and tortured by YahyaJammeh’s personal hit squad, the Junglers, permanentlyContinue reading “#Portraits4PositiveChange The Gambia, West Africa © Jason Florio”

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‘the non-human form of the masquerade gives the viewer the impression of a spirit being…’ Jason Florio – BInspired/Brussels Airlines inflight magazine (page 9). See more about our masquerades series, in the Gambia, and Senegal, West Africa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiMq1PpkNNU Forest Festival, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa- made for United Purpose, NGO – ©Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio. _____Continue reading “Media – Traditional Masquerades, The Gambia © Jason Florio / Brussels Airlines”