After Africa

Lend me your window!

The way you look upon the world depends on what window you look out from!

Yei Prison, Southern Sudan, 2007/ Informal Settlements, Soweto, South Africa 2007/ Swahili House, Pangani, Tanzania, 2007

More views here.

Vote for my photo of Esther at KLM's Top 11 'Flying Blue Miles'. PLEASE!

This photo, of Esther from Kanaani Village in Njombe in Southern Tanzania, now made it to the best 11 photos in the competition '5000 Flying Blue Miles'.

The top 11 best rated pictures are now featured on Facebook here, and I REALLY wanna win the 5000 Flying Blue Miles, so PLEASE help me, and go vote by clicking on the ‘Like’-button of my picture. Note that it only works, if you 'like' the '5000 Flying Blue Miles' first.

(KLM will be giving away an additional 5000 Flying Blue Miles amongst the likes!)

The story of the photo comes here.

Thanx!

Nairobi Flowers

   

The Swahili Coast

 
Arriving to Dar es Salaam from the north.

The Sun Going Down Over Dar es Salaam

 

The place hasn't left me...

Swahili Fashion Week. African design

 

Chichia London was one of my favorites at the Swahili Fashion Week in Dar es Salaam about 10 days ago.

Check her out here (where the photos above are taken from).

Chichia London does also have a Twitter account here.

Another one was Gabriel Mollel who delievered a new and funky, but still traditional Maasai design.

And finally I really like the Kenyan John Kaveke.

Kind of undermines a whole set of stereotypes about Africa.

Tanzanian Election Posters (low-budget)

Walking the streets of Dar es Salaam it is obvious that not all had a budget like the one of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), which first of all have made themselves available everywhere and in all sizes and shapes from huge billboards to A-3 posters, not to forget their merchandise section.

My impression is also that Kikwete had a few more money for portrait photography than the ones above.

Kanga Saying: 'Tell all'

 
I'm checking out of Dar es Salaam a little after midnight tonight.

Flying back to Europe.

Not entirely happy with that.

Colours of Kisutu. Dar es salaam

Vitenge from Uhuru Street

 
Hard to beat an addiction.

Had to go and check out the vitenge in Uhuru Street.