Algeria: Threatening Oasis Sand Dunes

This 1973 photo shows how high moving sand dunes had forced the inhabitants of parts of Algeria’s beautiful In Salah oasis to abandon their houses. In an effort to stabilize the dunes visible in the background, hedges had been planted into their sharp crests.

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Algeria’s Aurès Mountains: Shawiya Berber

Shawiya Berber farmer photographed in Algeria’s Aurès Mountains at Mchounèche.

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Algeria: Shawiya Berbers

While walking the narrow winding streets of Algeria’s M’chounèche, in the Aurès Mountains, I accidentally interrupted this small group of conversing Shawiya Berbers who had gathered in the shade to sip tea. They stopped to have a look at me, and I stopped to shoot a picture of them. They were as curious about me as I was about them. So an invitation followed, which I gladly accepted, to share their tea, which was still brewing inside the house over the embers of a small fire. Three small glasses of it, as is the custom. Moslem hospitality is legendary.

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Benue River, Cameroon’s Great Cleaner

People bathing and washing clothes in Cameroon’s Benue River near Garua. In Africa, anywhere water is abundant, bathing and washing clothes is a national pastime. Heat, mud, dust, and socialization help make them entertaining.

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Cameroon: Mandara Mountains Scene

Kirdi women returning home from a market in Cameroon’s Mandara Mountains. Kapsiki volcanic plugs rise in the background.

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North Cameroon near Pouss: Musgun woman

North Cameroon near Pouss: Musgun woman wearing the traditional nose ring of that tribe’s women.

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Cameroon: Traditional Fulani Kitchen

Bororo (Fulani) woman sitting at her kitchen fire in Cameroon’ Bamenda Highlands.

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Cameroon: Fulani Woman On The Way To Market

While walking across Cameroon’s Bamenda Highlands a few years ago, I crossed path with this Moslem Bororo woman. On the way to market, she was using her umbrella for protection against the scorching sun. I found the Bororo people, part of the great Fulani family that spreads between the coast of Senegal and Lake Chad, to be among the friendliest and hospitable people of Cameroon.

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Brazil: Exploring Human Anatomy

Son of a poor but loving Brazilian fisherman's family of Salvador examining the last of his nine siblings.

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Bolivian Altiplano: Running After Llamas Keeps An Old Quechua Man Happy And Strong

When I caught sight of this Quechua man in Bolivia’s Altiplano near Uyuni, he was running full speed after a large herd of llamas he was bringing back to a corral at day’s end.  Watching him from a distance I thought him young.  But he changed his course to come have a better look at me, and I was stunned to see an old man. To my question he replied that he was 84. His clothes held together by years-old patches and his sandals had been carved out of old tires. But asked whether he enjoyed running after llamas, he replied that nothing could make him happier. I had heard similar words from other llama herders, in Bolivia and Peru, and I believed him.

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