Gambia Adult Portraits

Circumcision Rites for boys in The Gambia at Makasutu Forest. Different tribes do it a different ages and with different activities. These are collecting Camefoot Tree bark to be used in making the Conqueror Costume in one of the ceremonies.

Funeral and burial of Steve Jones at Bird Safari Camp, Janjanbureh, MacCarthy Island, The Gambia in November 2001 - Photos by Burris Devanney.

Glory Baptist Church, The Gambia - Alberto & Baindu Wedding

Farewell service for Charlie Doggett at Glory Baptist Church in The Gambia in October 2002.

All Gambia Babies Carried This Way

All day cruise on the "Lady J" from Banjul to Ft. James Island, Albreda and Juffre to see historic sites of the slave trade in The Gambia - October 2000 with Beth Heyer and David Simpson.

People of The Gambia from 1999--2002

My second baby-naming celebration dance across the street from my house in Fajara, The Gambia in either 2001 or 2002.

My second baby-naming celebration dance across the street from my house in Fajara, The Gambia in either 2001 or 2002.

Gambia Beaches

Reagan Frazier visiting me in The Gambia in 2001.

Bantaba - Ballen, The Gambia

Ismaila Bojang and I did a prayer walk through four Jola villages in the "Jola Fogney" area of southern Gambia the first week of August 2001. Our last village was Ballen, Ismaila's home village. These are a few photos from that half day there.

People of The Gambia from 1999--2002

People of The Gambia from 1999--2002

Jola baby-naming celebration dance across the street from my compound in Fajara, The Gambia, 2000 or 2001. It was my first experience with non-tourism dancing.

Gambia Independence Day Celebration, February 18, 2002--37 years of independence. It was mostly a parade of military troops and schools in the big stadium with Senegal President as a special guest.

Bird Safari Camp near Janjanbureh or Georgetown on MacCarthy Island

People of The Gambia from 1999--2002

Christmas 2000 at Bird Safari Camp, Janjanbureh, The Gambia

Some of my staff at the Baptist Mission in Fajara, The Gambia.

Janjanbureh or Georgetown on MacCarthy Island in Gambia River, The Gambia

People of The Gambia from 1999--2002

Fishing in The Gambia 1999-2002

Fishing in The Gambia 1999-2002

My favorite Korah player in Gambia, a Mandinka Jalibah

Farming in The Gambia 2000-2002

Farming in The Gambia 2000-2002

Jolas photographed in The Gambia, 1999-2002 in different places and at different times.

Some of my staff at the Baptist Mission in Fajara, The Gambia.

People of The Gambia from 1999--2002

Photographed while in The Gambia, 1999-2002.

People of The Gambia from 1999--2002

Some of my staff at the Baptist Mission in Fajara, The Gambia.

Makasutu Cultural Forest in The Gambia, West Africa, 2000-2002.

Makasutu Cultural Forest in The Gambia, West Africa, 2000-2002.

Janjanbureh or Georgetown on MacCarthy Island in Gambia River, The Gambia

Bantaba - Ballen, The Gambia

Ismaila Bojang and I did a prayer walk through four Jola villages in the "Jola Fogney" area of southern Gambia the first week of August 2001. Our last village was Ballen, Ismaila's home village. These are a few photos from that half day there.

People of The Gambia from 1999--2002

Jolas photographed in The Gambia, 1999-2002 in different places and at different times.

Kinteh Woman - Relative of Kunta Kinteh

All day cruise on the "Lady J" from Banjul to Ft. James Island, Albreda and Juffre to see historic sites of the slave trade in The Gambia - October 2000 with Beth Heyer and David Simpson.

Reagan Frazier visiting me in The Gambia in 2001.

Makasutu Cultural Forest in The Gambia, West Africa, 2000-2002.