I was in Addis Ababa, and it rained almost every single day i was there. So i found myself spending a lot of time in the back seat of one of the lada taxis getting form one part of Addis to the next.
The background music is by Mulatu Astatke - wubi
In Accra, i met Wanlov, a musician, rapper and actor. We hang out together and talked about he's past project - the album Green card, Current project - coz ov moni [http://www.cozovmoni.com/]. a pidgin musical and future projects.
In Accra, i met and talked to Unoma a photographer from Nigeria. Unoma was part of a project - Invisible borders[http://invisible-borders.blogspot.com/]
where a group of photographers was travelling from Lagos to Dakar and documenting the whole experience.
Marajo is an Island located in the Amazon River. Marajo has a large herd of water buffalos. law enforcement on this Island ride water buffalos to get around. I talked to one of the officers to find out why they use water buffalos - Apparently the water buffalos are like SUV's the Island is quite swampy but the water buffaloes can go everywhere and they eat anything that humans eat hence low maintainance costs.
In Havana i spent some time in callejon de hampel, talking to some of musicians there and learning about Cuban music - I was planning to return on Sunday when they have live performances but didnt make so only have an interview but without the matching live music.
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