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CONVERSATIONS (TUNISIA)
There are several tables at the cafe filling a wide sidewalk, but most chairs are set in groups of two or three facing the street, without a table. Some people sit and talk in mild voices, despite the noisy street where motorcycles, trailers and cabs create a constant humdrum, where a man by a truck filled with oranges calls for customers. Others, even though they have company, simply sit and look in the distance, a small glass of thé à la menthe in hand, while the cafe attendant busies himself to bring a new glass upon a mere look or small gesture one makes. Conversation here does not need a proper environment, context to occur or carry on. And, one might argue, neither does life.
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BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (RWANDA, UGANDA, BURUNDI)
A line of people moves up and down plying the road. Ladies in colourful outfits with their babies wrapped up on their backs while also carrying baskets on their heads. Men pushing bicycles under enormous loads of potatoes, beans or plantains. Children coming from school. People going to field works. All of them walking on and on for miles on end, their skin glittering in the harsh sun or in the pouring rain. A line of beautiful people that has kept on going on for centuries despite - or rather alongside - hardships.
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For pictures from my trip, click on the respective links below, according to the country.
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