23 March 2010

Photos of the Week #4 - Mali

In the country most known for Timbuktu and the best in traditional West African music, I saw a world of contrasts.

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A group of Tuareg nomads travelling the Malian desert in the same fashion they’ve done for the past century.

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The border from Burkina Faso into Mali is, um, basic.

 

 

 

 

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Crossing a bridge over the Niger River into downtown Bamako, opened the door to a world of urban affluence that was in brutal contrast to the sparse and neglected desert to which I had become accustomed.

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