Showing posts with label colorful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colorful. Show all posts

Saturday, June 25, 2011

This is a Car Rapide. I traveled a lot with this bus when I was...



Dakar, Senegal

The country that I grew up in, Senegal, is currently in the process of electing a new president. The current president is trying to tweek the system into allowing him another term, on top of that he is also pulling strings to put his son in the vice presidency, so that when Wade(the President) finally kicks it, the country stays in the family. There are riots in the streets, that some of my friends are saying have become more violent than any other in years. Basically, Senegal has the chance of becoming another Cote Voire sitiuation. I’m scared as to what this will mean for my family that live there, and for my friends that are going to school in the capital. Once again, greed is destroying a great country.



On Ngor Island. Senegal



Probably one of the stranger pictures I’ve taken lol. In the head of the controversial statue the president had built in Dakar, Senegal



Our sun roof.. sorta. I tell you, there’s no need for fans or AC when you’ve got this in the hallway.



This is a Car Rapide. I traveled a lot with this bus when I was in Senegal last year. I noticed that theres Alhamdoulilah on every Car Rapide. It works just simple: There are a few guys who just recruit people to travel with it, they shout on the streets the place where it goes, and when you have to go to the same place or a place near it, you can just go with it. They dont charge a lot of money most of the time they are happy if you just give something. I believe it is free for like, homeless people, or orphans. But to give you a negative point: When the Car Rapide is full of ppl Please watch your belonings.. cause ppl might steel your money, camera or something else. And Goodluck tryna get out of a Car Rapide when its Full…

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Super Stage: We Do Work



Mother tending to her son. Goree Island, Senegal



Senegal

A farmer in Africa prepares to plant trees as part of a community farm project.

As today marks the first official day of summer here in the U.S., we pray for farmers in Africa—that they would have a good season of growth and a successful crop production this year.

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Spence (Tamba Nation), Hadiel (The North), Evan (The North)

Maddy (The North), Emily (Linguere), Paul (The North)

Jenae (Kolda), Andrew (Kaolack), Kim (Linguere), Wilma (Kolda)

Ann Marie (Linguere), Jessica (Kaolack), Amanda (Tamba Nation), Me (Tamba Nation), Anna (Tamba Nation)

Love these guys.

For more awesome photos, check out Maddy’s Flickr.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Akon







i don’t know any of these people…awkward



Mother tending to her son. Goree Island, Senegal



Goree Island, Senegal



(c) Brianna Robinson, July 2011

do not be deceived by the lack of sunlight… it was fuckin hott. lol.



Growing up in the 1980’s i was really into freestyle BMX, the film RAD, and other stuff of the like.  I was checking out youtube videos about Senegal and found this one. This is just like the flatground BMX stuff except done on an old dusty commuter style bike.  This guys does all this stuff with way more soul than most people with nice new equipment.  I really want to go to Senegal with my wifey!



Akon