Friday, August 22, 2014

Algeria: In Salah Oasis’s Giant Sand Dune


Unrelated Berber horseman and black woman moving along the foot of a giant sand dune in the Algerian oasis of In Salah.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

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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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Algeria’s Aurès Mountains: Shawiya Berber


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

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

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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Monday, August 18, 2014

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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Sunday, August 17, 2014

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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Friday, August 15, 2014

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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Thursday, August 14, 2014

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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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

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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