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Somalia — Photo Gallery — National Geographic Magazine
Yet amid the exoskeletons of banks and cathedrals and luxury hotels overlooking a glimmering coastline that once buzzed with pleasure boats, an awful truth dawns. Mogadishu was never like other African cities. Mogadishu was a spectacular city.
“This mestizo culture includes influences from Spanish Extremadura and Andalucia, African influence due to the arrival of slaves from Madagascar (Malgache slaves), the Chinese coolies that migrated from Canton to work the rice fields and replace the slaves; and also Roma Gypsies who came as pirates looking for pearls or as incongite Spanish horsemen.” —
Piura - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A winning pedigree if I’ve ever heard one. Also, added to the list of place I would go if I could go places.
I’m finding it almost impossible to believe news reports like Is Madagascar plunging deeper into political crisis when the accompanying photos are of DJ turned coup leader Andry Rajoelina. This latest New Yorker portrait is particularly fresh faced.
I want to read more about Malagasy identity. The whole Afro-Asian, Bantu-Malay thing is fascinating. According to Wikipedia Malagasy language shares 90% of its grammar and vocabulary with a small Dayak subgroup from Borneo.
Sitio web y portfolio del fotógrafo Christopher Herwig.
Appropriately, the first show I am able to go to in months is a secret Constantines show a couple blocks from my house.
2009 in photos (part 2 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com
My flavors.me profile. I’m not actually sure what it is except it doesn’t seem to allow you to do anything ugly.
Octopus grabs coconut and runs -
(via pterodactyls)
I had octopus for lunch.
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KATHERINE SQUIER
CHARLIE ENGMAN
done
things change a little
I reblog most things Fred Herzog, also most things Vancouver Chinatown. I spent the last fifteen minutes trying to find that exact storefront on SV.
