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Pulaku Preview Clip

Pulaku Preview Clip

Guida and I created a slick little preview for our upcoming endeavor.

Pulaku Project Prints

Pulaku Project Prints

We’re counting on your support! Help us share the stories of Fulani herders who are threatened by development and desertification.

Stern Faces

Stern Faces

It ain’t always easy gettin’ a smile…

Bikes n’ Benin

Bikes n’ Benin

Thank you for the incredible response from folks who want to donate equipment to the Beninese Cycling Team!

Benin’s #1 Softball Team

Benin’s #1 Softball Team

Coached by Peace Corps volunteers, the Ouessè Wildcats are Benin’s best (and, incidentally, the only) softball team.

Parakou’s Guema Cattle Market

Parakou’s Guema Cattle Market

A Pulaku Project Feature: Every Tuesday, trucks full of cattle from Mali and Burkina Faso descend on Parakou, along with numerous herds on foot.

Desaturation

Desaturation

Different adjustments can lead to vastly different moods in the same image.

Goumori revisited

Goumori revisited

We spent some time last week back in Goumori, visiting friends in the region’s Fulani camps.

CyclingNews in Benin

CyclingNews in Benin

As a former bicycle racer, I was intrigued one day by the sight of a young cyclist dodging potholes and mopeds on the congested streets of Cotonou.

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Pulaku

The Fulani Photo Project: a documentary endeavor

Stonebreakers of Parakou

Stonebreakers of Parakou

Just south of Parakou city, in central Benin, lies a large stone outcropping. On this granite mound over a hundred women, children, and men, hammer stone into gravel. Meet the stone breakers of Parakou.

Femmes Au Pouvoir!

Femmes Au Pouvoir!

International Women’s Day is March 8th, 2010.

In celebration, Fiydafrik proudly presents his first music video: Femmes Au Pouvoir (“Women in Power”)

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