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GUINEA (Conakry)


	LE CIEL ET LA TERRE ONT TOUS DEUX ETE CREES PAR AMOUR {Both Heaven and Earth were created out of Love} (Guinean proverb) NIMBA, THE GODDESS OF FERTILITY Northern Guinea near Kamsar, March 1984 ON THE MAIN ROAD FROM CONAKRY TO BOKE Guinea, December 1983 TRADITIONAL CEREMONY IN HONOR OF THE LOCAL DEITY Near Boke, March 1984 AFTER THE CEREMONY ... In a village between Boké and Kamsar, March 1984 VILLAGE CHIEF'S HOME (ROUND HOUSE) Northern Guinea, February 1984 TYPICAL (RECTANGULAR) HOUSE OF "SOMEONE WEALTHY" Bankass, near Kamsar, January 1984 FEMALE VILLAGE ELDERS Near Kamsar, Northern Guinea, January 1984 THIS IS "MAIN STREET"... Near Bankass, Northern Guinea, January 1984 THE FARMER'S "PUBLIC ENEMY # 1" ... Near Dalaba, Fouta Djallon, May 1998 THE BOKE MUSEUM WITH ITS INTRIGUINGLY RICH COLLECTION Boké Prefecture, April 1984 A QUIET LATE AFTERNOON IN THE VILLAGE Near Boke, December 1983 SCHOOL GIRLS DURING A BREAK Near Boke, December 1983 all photographs © Gilles Marie-Paul Laheurte \| Musicians \| Nature \| Architecture / Design \| Africa \| Haiti \| Pot-pourri \| Steve Lacy \| Burundi \| Congo \| Bolivia \| Argentina \| Rwanda \| Kilimanjaro \| Congo2 \| Haiti2 \| Congo3 \| Congo4 \| Skies of Africa \| Tanzania \| Benin \| Togo \| Mauritania \| Guinea \| SaoTome \| Mali \| Comores \| New York City \| Japan \| Street Art \| \| Return Home \| Architecture & Planning \| Fine Arts \| Writing \| Poetry \| Music \| Photography \| Theater \| Contact \|