- Déjà-vu -
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After a year stuck in France because of the pandemic situation, I’m finally back in Mothercity. For so many nights, my soul was travelling all the way down to the southwest tip of Africa, trying to reconnect with its African part.
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Being back is such a great feeling but also a strange one: Everything is so familiar but at the same time I’m experiencing it in a whole different way. Like those double exposure, there is a double printing in my soul: The one that I know, the one that I discover.
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One thing that will never changes is how beautiful this city is and how inspired I feel while meandering into its heart.There is so many things that I want to explore and so many people that I want to hold my arms.
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I’m blessed.
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- Africa Celebration : Zimbabwe, No New Era - Ode 7/8
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With @visual_nomad, we attended Mnagagwa’s sworn in August 2018 in Harare, documenting this awaited change for Zimbabwe’s democracy. For more than 16 millions Zimbabweans, it was the beginning of new era.
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Nicknamed “The Crocodile”, Mnangagwa was appointed after Mugabe was forced out by the military in November last year. Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as only the second president of Zimbabwe since the country gained independence in 1980, taking the oath of office in front of 70,000 people in Harare’s main sports stadium this morning.
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Unfortunately things did not go the way Zimbabweans wanted, even if they knew that this promises was tainted with mistrust. For many of them, they was no new era.
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While i was in Harare, Zimbabwe for Mugabe’s fall, I spent most of my free time in Mbare. Feeling the Genuine Vibe, learning about this country and its people. Already out of the society for most of them, the « big change did not have any affect one us.
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- Africa Celebration : Ethiopia, Face to Faith - Ode 6/8
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In January, in Addis Ababa, millions of Orthodox Christians got together to commemorate the baptism of Christ. This celebration, the Timkat, which corresponds to the Epiphany, generally takes place around the 19th of January. Although this religious festival is celebrated by Christians all over the world, it has a special significance in Ethiopia, where it is the most important and most picturesque event of the year.
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For only one day, I had the chance to attend the festivities … A new smirk intrudes on my face. Arriving at the gates of Jan Meda, an immense park on the outskirts of the city, it is an explosion of sensations: Prayers and songs emanate from the four corners of the procession, Boswellia incense slowly diffuse, embalming the pilgrims who converge to the entrance. I sneak through this human labyrinth and manage to penetrate the sacred enclosure. A priest, all dressed in black, blesses the faithful who bow in front him with his heavy cross.
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I live this day intensely and take advantage of all that it offers me to see, feel, experience. I realize that Faith can be beautiful, unifying and open. Values that I could no longer associate with religion. I feel fulfilled with gratitude and thank God – no matter what is his name, no matter what is his representation – for having given me such a beautiful day on the land of the cradle of humanity.
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You can check the full story on my website here: http://yannmacherez.com/?gallery=one-day-in-addis-abeba
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- Africa Celebration : Namibia, Unspoiled freedom - Ode 5/8
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Namibia is that kind of place: You can’t relate it to another country! There is no another place like this on Earth.It’s a country of compelling beauty, abundant sunshine, and a feeling of confined space. With its unspoiled landscapes and large variety of game, Namibia is one of the larger countries in Africa and draws an increasing number of visitors from various part so the globe.
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Before going there, i had some ideas/image of what it could be. I saw so many pictures of it! But being there, in the middle of the Namib desert, by yourself, is an experience by itself.A sense of freedom is generated by the wide horizons, the clear unpollutted skies and a population density which is among the lowest in the world. This feeling of tranquility and stillness combines with a landscape which is singular in its colors, full of contrasts of light an shade. In addition, the diversity of its people creates a rich blend of cultures and traditions.
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Namibia is the first country in the world to include protection of the environment and sustainable utilization of wildlife in its constitution. About 15.5% of the country has been set aside as national parks. In these areas, rare and endangered species of animals, birds and plant life are preserved and protected. They serve as a living reminder to us all, and to the generations of the future, of how it once was in Africa.
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