Benin : Photos

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Blood faced lioness.
Parc national de la Pendjari, Benin.

Tragelaphus scriptus scriptus
Parc national de la Pendjari, Benin.

Red-flanked Duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus, Céphalophe à flancs roux).
These small, semi-nocturnal antelope are extremely shy and very difficult to photograph. They never stray far from the security of dense vegetation.
This one was engaged in a fight with another duiker when we arrived at the scene (as you can see he was still puffing). He needed some time to realise we were there.
Parc national de la Pendjari, Benin.

This lioness was feeding on a kob she killed on her own in the morning.
Parc national de la Pendjari, Benin.

Merops bulocki
Guêpier à gorge rouge
Parc national de la Pendjari, Benin.

Sa Majesté El Hadj Osman Abah Djewle Ganmadoaye rules over Dogna-Abomey, a small kingdom near the border to Togo. Children were everywhere. On the floor in the throne room, in front of the building and a fountain. We all had a lot of fun.

Camera: Mamiya C330f
Lens: Mamiya-Rokor 105mm, f3.5
Film: Kodax TriX 400

People from Ganvie village, a unique village built on stilts, in wooden boats on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Fish traps set by fisherman from Ganvie village throwing net, a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Ganvie village scene, a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Ganvie village scene with people in boats, is a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Ganvie village scene with men paddling boat, is a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Tomatoes drying at a house in Ganvie village, which is a unique village, built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Ganvie village overview with people getting around by boat. The village is a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

People from Ganvie village, a unique village built on stilts, in wooden boats on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Boy from Ganvie village throwing net, a unique village built on stilts, in wooden boat on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Fisherman from Ganvie village throwing net, a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

People from Ganvie village, a unique village built on stilts, in wooden boats on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Ganvie village scene with boy paddling boat, is a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Ganvie village scene with people getting drinking water for their homes from a clean water supply. It is a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

Portrait of a woman in Ganvie village, which is a unique village built on stilts, on Lake Nokoué near Cotonou, Benin

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