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A photographic memory. Not a tourist gallery: fragments. Landscapes, panoramas, scenes of daily life. A trace of what Ebando has lived through since 1999.

A trace, not an inventory

These images belong to Ebando's archives. They bear witness to decades of presence on the ground, of collaborations, of the Tour of Gabon, of ecotourism with the artisans and the musicians. Many date from the 2000-2010 years, some are older. All remain the property of their respective authors and are reproduced with their agreement.

  • Gabonese canopy wrapped in mist at sunrise, seen from the sky

    The canopy

    85% of Gabon covered by forest

  • Scene on the ground in Gabon, around an Iboga plant

    On the ground

    Decades of presence in Akanda

  • Young initiates with painted faces

    Young initiates with painted faces

    Rivers and pebbles of the forest

  • Ritual dance to the drums, torso painted red, during a ceremony

    The dance

    The drums and the songs

  • Hands of an elder and a younger person meeting around a root, an image of transmission

    Transmission

    Knowledge passes through the hands

  • Initiate playing the musical bow during a ceremony, vertical portrait

    The musical bow

    The instrument of the ceremony

  • The ngombi, sacred harp, played during a night ceremony

    The ngombi

    The sacred harp played during a night ceremony

  • Sacred Bwiti mask, painted white, red and black, watched over by candles

    The sacred mask

    The face of the Bwiti

  • Initiate with painted face, ritual profile

    Initiate with painted face, ritual profile

    The serenity of the place

  • Night-time ritual dance lit by the fire, in the Gabonese forest

    Night dance

  • Ceremonial dance, two officiants with whitened bodies before the community

    Ceremonial dance

  • Scene of daily life, children on a village road in Gabon

    Life in the village

  • Ritual dance at night, a woman and two drummers

    The night dance

  • Three celebrants in boubous at a daytime gathering, on the red earth

    The celebrants

  • Raffia mask dance in a village courtyard, before the community

    The mask dance

  • Dance in white, ankle bells, before the public, at night

    Bells and dance

  • An elder during a night ceremony, bathed in warm light

    The warm light of night

  • Two smiling women in traditional dress during a night ceremony

    Faces of the celebration

  • Men seated, bodies painted and adorned with feathers, before the ceremony

    Before the ceremony

  • Collective night dance in the village, around the officiants

    Night in the village

  • Women sing and shake rattles, dressed in red wrappers

    The women's song

  • A line of walkers crosses the undergrowth of the equatorial forest

    Walking in the forest

  • A man leaning against a great buttressed tree, deep in the forest

    At the foot of the great tree

  • A bush road leading to a village, under a veiled sky

    The bush road

  • Village life, a zebu near the huts

    The village and the zebu

  • Joyful bathing in a river, splashes of clear water

    Bathing in the river

  • A musician plays the guitar outdoors, before the hills

    Guitar and hills

First golden light over the forest canopy at dawn
Memory works in a low voice. What has been lived on this land does not fade away: it is passed on.

— Ebando's memory

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