Afrique
The sacred fishing
The heat is stifling. The men are ready, the women have made the preparations, She is waiting. She has always been waiting for them. One day every year they honor her. The Pond of Antogo,in the heart of Mali. The Lady of that African lake will give the Miracle of the Fish to them. Today.
A Photo story by Alain Buu/Orizon/LightMediation
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The Sapphire slaves by Patrick Castagnas
Ilakaka, which was formerly a small peaceful village, has become,in a few months, something of a « far west » town. A population reaching almost 100 000 due to the discovery, in 1998, of one of the biggest deposits of sapphires in the world.
a Photo story by Patrick Castagnas / LightMediation
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The new Tripoli of Africa
For years Tripoli would make the headlines, under the rubric « troublemaker » in the so-called international scene. Vilified for a long time, the capital of Libya is finally freeing itself of its satanic reputation to today aspire to the title of mentor to the whole of the Mediterranean.
Photos by Pascal Meunier / LightMediation Text by Eve Gandossi
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
Timkat: the festival of the baptism
Each year on January 19, Timkat, or the festival of Epiphany,commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River. This holiday, more lavish than Christmas, is celebrated with the most pageantry in Lalibela, the « Black Jerusalem », in Ethiopia.
A Photo story by Christophe Boisvieux/LightMediation
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
Africa’s glaciers gone by 2020.
Fabled equatorial icecaps will disappear within two decades,because of global warming! Africa is home to three large ice mountains : the two ice volcanoes of Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro, and the Rwenzori mountains chain at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Uganda. A few thousand years ago,these glaciers stretched several hundred km2. Now, the ice cap has been fastly melting for decades. It is estimated that they cover today barely 5 km2 of the African continent! The fantastic ice crown described by Hans Meyer conqueror of the Kilimandjaro, « Roof of Africa » in 1889 is reduced to less than 2 km2 today. Mount Kenya reduced to less than 0.4 km2. And the glaciers of Ruwenzori represent just 1 km2 in 2005 and also could disappear by 2020.
Photos and text ©Jean Robert/Lightmediation
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Djenne, the jewel of Mali.
Nicknamed the « Jewel of the Niger »,Djenne is indisputably the most beautiful city in Mali, and without doubtall of West Africa, and it’s not just by chance that UNESCO listed the city as a World Heritage Site in 1988.
Photos and text ©Bruno Morandi/LightMediation
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The last seven storytellers of Marrakech
What is Djemaa el Fna? « It is a sea. You can swim in the sea but you will never be able to entirely explore the sea of Djemaa el Fna ». These are the words of the last seven bards, the last seven representatives of a dying figure: the storyteller.
A Photo story by Stefano Torrione / LightMediation
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Albino killings in Tanzania
Around lake Victoria in Tanzania, the evil is driven by the belief that albino body parts possess magical powers to bring riches if used in potions produced by local witchdoctors. Since 2007, 47 people with albinism have been brutally murdered.
A Photo story by Franck Vogel / LightMediation
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Stars of the Nile
Oriental dance in Cairo
Dreaded by men of faith, rooted within families or adulated by Westerners, belly dancing arouses argument,embarrassment and emotions. In Cairo, the bodies undulate in sensual curves… but the temple of this ancestral art is casting out more and more of its dancers.
Photos by Pascal Meunier/LightMediation Text by Eve Gandossi
Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com
Cameroon – Adamawa, a paradise of bees.
The younger generation of Cameroonians, pushed out of the cities by unemployment, has found in the bush a refuge where the men can feed their wives and children. Many of these young people have become beekeepers, hoping to put aside money thanks to the sale of honey.The gathering of the honey on evenings of a full moon from one of the most aggressive bees in the world takes on the air of a sacrificial ceremony.
Photos by ©Eric Tourneret/LightMediation Text by ®Sylla de Saint Pierre
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