Ibrahim Tchan: Parakou’s Renaissance Man
A home-recorded EP at Not-So-Quiet-Griot Studios.
Tag Archives: Parakou
Moringa Association launches!
This has been my primary Peace Corps project for the last two years.
Bikes n’ Benin
Thank you for the incredible response from folks who want to donate equipment to the Beninese Cycling Team!
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
Different adjustments can lead to vastly different moods in the same image.
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!
International Women’s Day is March 8th, 2010.
In celebration, Fiydafrik proudly presents his first music video: Femmes Au Pouvoir (“Women in Power”)
New Neighborhood
Big changes on the Peace Corps front…. I’ve moved to Parakou – metropolitan heartbeat of the north country. After months of planning the Moringa Association of Benin, it looks like we’re set to launch the NGO this spring. To facilitate our launch and get started on developing the market for moringa leaves, I need to [...]
Fiydafrik
Sebastien is the night guard at the Peace Corps work station in Parakou. He’s a quiet guy, always there with a kind greeting and a warm smile. But there’s more to his unassuming smile than meets the eye. Afterhours Sebastien shines as Benin’s emerging cross-dressing pop star : Fidyafrik!
The Pulaku Project
