Fascinating Humanity

Benin. Yta Djebou (near Sakete). To help their mothers, little Yoruba girls are taking charge of their baby siblings. Learn photog...

To improve their looks, people worldwide are getting increasingly under the knife. In Benin, as in other parts of Africa, the knife creates,...

Benin. Atakora Mountains near Boukombe. Somba initiate with antelope horns on her straw-woven cap and a white stone jutting down from a hole...

Benin. Atakora Mountains near Boukombe. Held down by two women, including her mother, a little four-year-old Somba girl is undergoing face s...

People ask me sometimes whether I have faced danger among tribal people. To this I respond that it is considerably safer living among them...