This young boy does not go to school. He belongs to a Fula family and has very early become a shepherd. November 1989. Ce jeune garçon ne va pas à l’école. Il appartient à une famille peule et est très tôt devenu un berger. Novembre 1989.
Two boys wearing a mask sit in the street as they are exhausted after many hours of dancing. April 1991. Deux garçons portant un masque sont assis dans la rue car ils sont épuisés après plusieurs heures de danse. Avril 1991.
Medenine is the major town in southeastern Tunisia. When you look at people in the street, you would never guess that the place was used as a shooting location for ‘Star Wars – episode 1’. November 2000. Médenine est la ville principale du sud-est de la Tunisie. Quand on regarde les gens dans la rue,…
Cotonou is known in the whole Africa for the Dantokpa market, an international market spread over 20 hectares. It is the largest market in Western Africa. May 1991. Cotonou est connue dans toute l’Afrique pour le marché Dantokpa, un marché international de 20 hectares. Il s’agit du plus grand marché de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Mai…
Ilorin used to be a major center of the slave trade. Slaves were taken from the Igbo lands to the east and sent to the USA, the West Indies and Brazil. The city is now a Muslim city where religious festivals are celebrated with great pomp. This young prince was proud to show the camel…
French Nobel laureate writer JMG Le Clézio spent part of his childhood in a Nigerian city called Onitsha. « Onitsha » is also the title of a novel he published in 1991. Located on the eastern bank of the Niger river, the city possesses one of the very few road bridge crossings of the mile-wide river. May…
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