West Africa Photos

A Man in a Dakar Market

An Artist on Goree Island

A Woman Near the Train Station in Dakar

I Bought Batik from Him

I Loved His Sense of Humor

How Does She Balance That

On Top of the Canon on Goree Island

I Bought Some of His Cloth

I Bought Some Dolls From Her

His Folk Art of Goree Island is Some of my Favorite Possessions

These Women Teased Me on Goree Island

I Bought Some of Her Jewelry

He Usually Gets the Best Smile in Africa Award.

My Favorite Photo.  I Call It Balance

The Old Slave House

A Hot and Humid Day on Goree

So Many Visitors

The Door of No Return

800 Year Old Baobab Tree

At the Door of No Return

The Door of No Return

Solitary Confinement

Inside the Old Slave House

Goree Island

The Old Slave house

The Old Slave House

The Mandinka Area of Senegal

Inside the Giant Baobab Tree

A Slave House in Saint Louis, Senegal

Saint Louis

Muritania

Mauritainian Border

I met her on the plane to Bamako

I spent time with her family for three days

I bought  rugs from him, Bomako

The Niger River, Bamako

Baye Fall Singers

Baye Fall

Goree Island

Looking out from the Slave House, at the Atlantic Ocean, imaganing...

Above the slave quarters where the slave owners ate, above the misery

I met her on Goree.  She made me laugh

My favorite artist from Goree

Amadou Bamba

We danced and sang on the beach

A Day in Paris

A night in Paris

Lisbon