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Image Tag: West Africa

Beninise - adults and kids alike - don't really like having their pictures taken, especially by white visitors. Whites are referred to as "yobo yobo". These kids were good sports.

The Temple of Pythons is a site of historical and modern symbolism and spiritual practice in Ouidah, Benin. The snakes are a major totem for followers of Vodun, a religion practiced by groups of people within West and Central Africa and are believed to serve as a middleman between the living and spirit worlds.

Nigerian fishing boats, resting on the beach - Gulf of Guinea, southern Benin

Nigerian fisherman on the Gulf of Guinea in southern Benin, helping to pull in nets after a night of fishing.

Wandering through the bush in rural Benin, we bumped into this friendly young fellow driving his herd.