Promoting healthy, organic, local cooking via Activism conf in Guinea Bissau . next in the pipeline: to film the women agroecologists supported by Swissaid. excited with this upcoming collaboration!
from Guine Bissau/ Bubaque: this is the dialogue:
-can i take a picture?
-you pay!
-what about as a gift?
-gift from you then!
-ok, let me buy some suculbembe (pepper) then…
and at the end she even gave me a hug and i took the souvenir pic of my time veggie shopping and learning about mandingas, fulas, bijagos, balantas…
from GUINEA BISSAU: heading to Bubaque Island to learn and film the amazing culture of Bijagos. overcrowded 5h boat ride. once in Bubaque got to film the incredible carnaval that used the occasion for politically charged resistance songs and tales by stunningly beautiful Bijagos ladies! here women run the show. ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽
[Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.]