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Friday Photo: The Mosque, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

A man walks down the street towards the mosque, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. Image ©Jason Florio

The Mosque, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. Image © Jason Florio Current Location: AUGUST 2020 – Malta Assignment queries, and image licensing – Contact here floriophoto.com Motion Instagram @jasonfloriorio @floriophotos / @jasonflorio_photoprints floriophotoNYC – Twitter Jason Florio Photojournalist– FB Fine Art Prints helenjonesflorio.com – Gallery

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Press: El Pais – ‘Tribal Royalty’. Portraits of Gambian Chiefs and Elders by Jason Florio

'Silfando' Village chief, Herouna Tunkara and his horse ©Jason Florio

El Pais – Portraits of Gambian village chiefs, and elders ©Jason Florio. The formal portraits were taken whilst on the first fully documented circumnavigation, entirely by foot, of the small West African country (930km), in 2009, with Helen Jones-Florio

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#TBT: Moto-Taxi boys – Labé’s got style, Guinea-Conakry, West Africa

River Gambia Expedition: Moto Taxi rider, Ebu, Mali Ville, Fouta Djallon Highlands, Guinea-Conakry © Jason Florio

December 2012: ‘Labé, the capital of the Fouta Djallon, Guinea-Conakry, is motorcycle city. The streets are overrun with thousands of cheap Chinese-manufactured bikes and ‘moto- taxis’ are the way to travel, carrying a minimum of 2-3 passengers. As we walked around the town, we constantly darted out of the way as a ‘moto’ zoomed towardsContinue reading “#TBT: Moto-Taxi boys – Labé’s got style, Guinea-Conakry, West Africa”

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Press: El Pais – ‘Gambia, The Hidden Horrors of Africa’s Silent Dictatorship’

Portrait of Amie Lowe - daughter of Ebou Lowe, a soldier executed on Yahya Jammeh's orders after being accused of a coup attempt, The Gambia, West Africa. Image ©Jason Florio/Helen Jones-Florio

Press: El Pais – Gambia, The Hidden Horrors of Africa’s Silent Dictatorship– Three years after the fall of the Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh, pressured by the street after losing at the polls, a commission (Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations – TRRC) brings to light the terrible crimes committed for two decades, supported by its apparatus of repression, the collusionContinue reading “Press: El Pais – ‘Gambia, The Hidden Horrors of Africa’s Silent Dictatorship’”