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April 22, 2006

Photos from Burkina Faso - sun and shade

In the UK, we lust after the sun as a lover, while in Burkina Faso, people flee its fierce heat, and try to stay in the shade as much as possible.

I wrote a sort of poem thing about this, called: "It's turned out sunny again", and reflected elsewhere a bit more seriously on the sun, and how our context affects the way we read Scripture.

Monique resting in the shade, and Daniel, Seydou, Myself, and Pierre squinting in the sun.

Photographically, the sun presents challenges too, with the stark contrasts between the brightness of the light and the darkness of the shade - not to mention the contrast of dark and light skin! But those contrasts also offer interesting photo opportunities (click on any photo to enlarge):

See more photos here of from my recent trip to Burkina and friends from Gorom-Gorom , Djibo, and Boukouma .

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Posted by Keith at April 22, 2006 10:04 AM