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jun 18 2013 For example, the Maasai

For: Javier Brandoli

Los masai no entierran a sus muertos porque creen que hace daño a la sagrada tierra. Mueren, los meten en bolsas de cuero y abandonan el cadáver fuera del poblado, away. A los tres meses vuelven a ver qué ha pasado. Si se lo ha comido una hiena es que es una mala persona. Si se lo comió un buitre es que está en el paraíso.

Africa, A Place in the World, A journey through Africa

jun 16 2013 Soweto: the scars of apartheid

For: Javier Brandoli (text and photos)

For those who wish to know more what was the horrific apartheid regime in South Africa, Soweto is a place of forced passage. They can make a tour, of the dozens on offer in the city, or they can rent a car and private guide (recommended to understand the troubled history) and cross, no problem, the neighborhood rebel. For those who dare to make the second option, Here are some key places to visit.

Africa, A Place in the World

jun 14 2013 The true story of Invictus

For: Javier Brandoli

The famous Nelson Mandela text delivery captain of the South African rugby, Francois Pienaar, is the poem Invictus, which gives the film its name, but a fragment of a speech by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt who performed at the Sorbonne in Paris

Africa, A Place in the World, A journey through Africa

jun 11 2013 La locura Ngorongoro

For: J. Brandoli / F. Coat of Arms

And I wanted to jump out, downhill run, laugh, touching animals, a fire and spend the night talking with them, drunk, singing songs of our land. But I went because I thought maybe the hyenas and lions have other plans, for lack of cojones, by human, intelligent, and lack of instincts. I think if not still out there, with my camera and no battery, sitting next to 600 wildebeest while we take pictures for tourists. Happy.

Africa, A Place in the World, An endless world

jun 09 2013 The Congo: Lodewijk grandfather's flight and hunting Belgian
For: Eduardo De Winter (text and photos)

El Congo: la huida del abuelo Lodewijk y la caza de belgas

The flight had left behind his home, their possessions and their lives. He started joining other Belgians who also sought to escape but were stopped by rebel troops, gunpoint and killed one of them. After that, dispersed each to their own. The streets were filled with military mutineers who beat up men of European origin and raped women, while in the ditches were the first bodies.

Africa, Postcards of the world

jun 04 2013 Tarangire: the path of the giant
For: J. Brandoli / F. Coat of Arms

The rainy season is ending and the whole landscape looks freshly hand painted with a fine brush. This looks like a park for people looking for calm, who have already traveled this continent and do not need the wonderful evidence of the large parks.

Africa, A Place in the World, A journey through Africa

jun 03 2013 Kolmanskop, Ghost Town
For: Daniel Landa

In the Namibian desert survives the trace of a strange time, where the man was determined to raise ballrooms on the dunes, barracks in the sand, mansions in the middle of nowhere, but ended up winning, and today nothing Kolmanskop only wind and gloom.