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  • An elementary school, or primary school, as seen in Ingore. Children are crammed into old desks and attend class in poorly maintained classrooms. The very first university in the country opened in 2003, almost 30 years fater the country claimed independence from the former colonizer, Portugal.
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  • An elementary school, or primary school, as seen in Ingore. Children are crammed into old desks and attend class in poorly maintained classrooms. The very first university in the country opened in 2003, almost 30 years fater the country claimed independence from the former colonizer, Portugal.
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  • People gathering around the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • Ancient arab manuscripts part of  the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library, in Chinguetti.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • Early in the morning children gather in front of the school and lineup to sing the national anthem before the teacher. Most school facilities in the country are in poor conditions.
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  • Early in the morning children gather in front of the school and lineup to sing the national anthem before the teacher. Most school facilities in the country are in poor conditions.
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  • Men chat and wait around the house of the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • The holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • People gathering around the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • biblioteca fondation ahmed al mahmoud com manuscritos arabes do sec XI ao XIX. chinguetti, mauritania. africa2007.
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  • Ancient arab manuscripts part of  the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library, in Chinguetti.
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  • Soldiers show the Volkswagen Beetle that belonged to Amilcar Cabral, the Guinean independence hero, which the historic PAIGC leader was driving when he was assassinated January 20th 1973, now abandoned in a corner of the Amura fortress, presently used as an army barrack.
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  • Children climbing a statue of Nuno Tristao, Portuguese explorer. These statues of the Portuguese colonial days were removed from their places all over the country with independence, and now rest abandoned in the margins of the river Cacheu.
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  • A view of downtown Bissau and the late afternoon traffic in the streets.
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  • A breed of vultures, called by the locals 'Jagudi' fly away early morning at Djalinkunda center, an NGO house near K-3 village.
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  • An elementary school, or primary school, as seen in Ingore. Children are crammed into old desks and attend class in poorly maintained classrooms. The very first university in the country opened in 2003, almost 30 years fater the country claimed independence from the former colonizer, Portugal.
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  • An elementary school, or primary school, as seen in Ingore. Children are crammed into old desks and attend class in poorly maintained classrooms. The very first university in the country opened in 2003, almost 30 years fater the country claimed independence from the former colonizer, Portugal.
    h_00005814.jpg
  • An elementary school, or primary school, as seen in Ingore. Children are crammed into old desks and attend class in poorly maintained classrooms. The very first university in the country opened in 2003, almost 30 years fater the country claimed independence from the former colonizer, Portugal.
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  • A general view over the Bandim market and the swarming busy crowd along the Airport Avenue. At Bandim you can buy and sell almost anything and a large number of West African vendors with all sorts of merchandise.
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  • People gathering around the holy man in Bafata-Oio village, Aladji Fode Mai Toure, expecting his blessing and listening to his advice. Locally known as "Homem Grande", meaning 'great man', serving as a community and local leader. Half of the population are considered to be muslim.
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  • The Friday mosque is supposedly dated of the 13/14th century and the squared minaret is said to be the 2nd oldest in use in the world. Chinguetti, a medieval trading center founded in the 13th century, now home of some libraries full of ancient arab manuscripts
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  • Chinguetti, a lost village in the Adrar region, once an important home of Muslim scholars and Madrassas, today is famous for it's private libraries with ancient arab manuscripts from medicine to religion, some dating back to the 9th century.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • Ancient arab manuscripts part of  the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library, in Chinguetti.
    h_00005796.jpg
  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • a local guide shows some of old tablets part of the 'Ahmed al Mahmoud fondation' library in Chuinguetti. Some of the manuscripts date back to the 9th century up to the 20th.
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  • biblioteca fondation ahmed al mahmoud com manuscritos arabes do sec XI ao XIX. chinguetti, mauritania. africa2007.
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