favorite moments...
hanging out
with cheik and lo
in bakel, senegal
tea in dakar, senegal,
an amazing and delicious ritual
watching the senegalese navy
get stuck on goree beach
visiting senegal's symbol of
slavery on goree island
listening to african music -- everywhere
outside saraba nightclub in st. louis where
we got mobbed by about 60 people
fader taking me out into the bush
to visit senegalese villages & schools
staying in this house in matam, senegal
witnessing the sacrifices to the
spirits in burkina faso
witnessing the dance of the masks
at a funeral celebration in burkina
sending alex back to paris
hanging out in teddy's salon
downtown accra
saying goodbye to our friends in
ghana.
going "outdooring" in accra to
celebrate the birth of this
man's son, and dancing all night.
the most westerly person
on the continent, senegal (me)
shine-shattering taxis in senegal
paco and lo cooking fish on
a remote island beach off st. louis
climbing down into a deserted
water tank at midnight to spend
some time with mohammed's friends
that lived there...
slipping across to Mauretania without visa
hanging out with my st. louis' friends
swimming in the water-falls
of banfora, burkina faso
winning over the street hustlers
in bobo-dioulassou, burkina
swimming in the forest of genguitte,
in burkina faso
spending the weekend with Tidiani
in his village in burkina faso
getting a tour by boat of the elmina
fish market in ghana
swinging along the canopy
walkway in Kukum, Ghana
meeting bizmark's family, accra
spending a week in accra with my friend alex from paris, and our new
friend, elias who owns the paloma hotel in accra.
hanging at labadi beach on sundays,
accra, ghana.
and many other wonderful
moments and people
where a camera had no place...