Photography

A young Agni boy with staff and a "mmaa dwa" or woman's stool, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

A young Agni man, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

A young Agni girl, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

A young Agni boy with an Awale game board, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

A young Agni girl with a "mmaa dwa" or woman's stool, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

Doorway with a "mmaa dwa" or woman's stool in the village of Essikro, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

The chief of Essikro with his council of elders, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999. I met the chief and his council for a formal introduction meeting.

The chief of Essikro with his council of elders, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999. The notable photo on the wall is of President Bedié who was overthrown by a coup weeks later.

A rare female féticheur in the village of Essikro, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999.

A rare female féticheur and her female apprentise in the village of Essikro, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

A young girl, Côte d'Ivoire 1999

Children playing, Côte d'Ivoiore, 1999

Sunset in Bondoukou, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

A hilltop view in the Koulikoro region of Mali, 2003.

An old sign found facedown on the border of Mali and Burkina Faso, 2002. Haute-Volta (Upper Volta) was the previous name of Burkina Faso, changed in 1984 by an initiative from President Sankara.

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2003

Watching a sport match in Mopti, Mali, 2002.

Cape Coast, Ghana, 2002

Cape Coast Castle, Ghana 2002

Cape Coast Fort, Ghana, 2002

The coast of Ghana, 2002

Dogon village on the Bandiagara escarpment, 2003

Dogon dancers, Mali 2002

The desert near Tombuctou, Mali 2003

Ghana coast, 2003

The mosque at Djenné, Mali, 2002

Mopt, 2003

Dogon dancers, Mali, 2002

An elder in a Dogon cliff village on the Bandiagara escarpment, 2003

Dogon countrty, Mali 2003

Mole National Park, Ghana 2002

A Classroom in MAli, 2001

Dogon esquestrians during a festival in Koporopen, Mali 2001

Fort Metal Cross, Dixcove, Ghana 2003

Baboons in Mole National Park, Ghana 2002

Malian elephants, 2001

Traveling on a donkey cart to Bandiagara on the Dogon escarpment, Mali 2002.

The grand toguna meeting structure in Koporopen, Mali 2001

Guarding the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, 2002.

Stairs and the "door of no return" on Goré island, Senegal, 2002. Although it has a beautiful setting, this fort on Goré island has a long history of slave trading. The door to the left leads out to the ocean where slaves were loaded on to ships for the new world.

Dogon equestrians during a festival, Koporopen, Mali 2001

The desert near Tombuctou, Mali 2003

Kids near Hombori, Mali 2003. Photo: Julie Chang

Granaries in the village of Koporopen, Mali 2001

Koporopen, Mali 2001

The market of Koporopen, Mali 2001

Donkey cart parking during market day, Koporopen, Mali 2001

Millet recently harvested in the village of Yawa, on the Bandiagara escarpment, Mali 2002.

Dogon village of Yawa, 2002.

A Dogon granary storage with a Dogon door and lock, 2002.

a Mosque in mopti, 2002

A mosque in Tombuctou, Mali 2003

A Dogon lock in the village of Koporopen, Mali.

Mosque walls in Tombuctou, Mali 2003

A mosque in Dogon country, Mali 2001

On the banks of the Niger river, Mali 2002

Fulani girls dressed for a festival in the Dogon village of Kopropen, 2003

Fulani and Dogon girls dressed for a festival in the Dogon village of Kopropen, 2003

Visiting with a Fulani family near Koro, Mali 2003. Photo: Julie Chang

Having some drinks in Essikro, Côte d'Ivoire 1999

Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

The road to Essikro, Côte d'Ivoire 1999

Weaving grass matts in the Agni village of Essikro, Côte d'Ivoire 1999

a young Agni boy in the village of Essikro, Côte dIvoire 1999.

Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

Cleaning the school yard in the village of Essikro, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

Market day in Bondoukou, Côte d'Ivoire 1999

Building a roof in the village of Essikro, Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

Storage in the village of Essikro, Côte dIvoire 1999.

Blacksmith, Côte d'Ivoire 1999

Agni girl, Côte d'Ivoire 1999

Children playing, Côte d'Ivoiore, 1999

Agni girl, Côte d'Ivoire 1999

Côte d'Ivoire, 1999

Harmattan near Koro, Mali 2002

Monkey skulls on a fetish structure in the Dogon Escarpment, Mali 2003

Dogon villagers on a polio vacination trip, 2001

My friend Souliman in Koporopen, Mali 2003

Tellum grave structures on the Dogon Escarpment, Mali 2002

Mole National Park, Ghana 2002

The chief of Koporopen, Mali 2003

The health committee of Koporopen, Mali 2003

Toguna, Koporopen 2001

Dogon drummers in Koporopen giving a beat during digging for a well project, 2002.

A toguna meeting structure in Bankass, Mali 2002

A toguna meeting structure, Mali 2002

A young Tuareg girl, Koro, Mali, 2002. Photo credit: Julie Chang

Dogon country, Mali 2003

Koporopen, Mali 2003

Waiting for Polio vacinations. I traveled around with a Malian health group vacinating the children in more rural villages in the Dogon plains, Mali 2001.