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Filed teeth for beautification | ||||||||||||||||||||
Congo Rainforest | ||||||||||||||||||||
Aka Pygmy | ||||||||||||||||||||
For thousands of years, the rain forest has been home to the Pygmies, but logging enterprises are displacing them. What was a rich, dignified and peaceful life, at one with the forest, has become one of abject poverty. - - Candace Scharsu |
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Baka Pygmies |
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Loggers hostile to photography | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mongulu, Pygmy house | ||||||||||||||||||||
Images from Cameroon, Republic of Congo and Central African Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Concerned Photo Essays: Bushmeat 2014 Sudan: Mundari Wrestlers 2012 Independence South Sudan 2011 Lord Kony in Eastern Congo 2008 Lord Kony in Northern Uganda Blood Diamond War Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Cholera Epidemic in Guinea 2007 Haiti Karamojong Warriors Leprosy in Zambia Malaria Midwives in Africa 2008 Pygmies of Central Africa Republic of Congo Tibet, Vietnam, India The Tuaregs of Niger Africa's Beauty: Black & White Color About: Exhibits Self Portrait Press Contact Contact / Purchase Inquiries: cscharsu [at] gmail [dot] com All Images © 2022 Candace Scharsu All Rights Reserved |