Endless journey ● Tanzania/Zanzibar

In the common imagination, Tanzania is the country of safaris ... In reality, it is much more complex. There, we will travel from the arid savannah, to the timeless atmosphere of Zanzibar, through the noisy megacity Dar-es-Salam, or the slopes of Kilimanjaro. In some places we will meet tourists, a plethora of guides, businessmen, proud and beautiful Maasais ... And everywhere, smiles. Each region is unique, and it is this combination of extremes that makes Tanzania a country apart: an endless journey ...

Stone Town, Zanzibar.

Dar-es-Salaam. Soccer evening in christian hostel. Tanzanian championship is largely followed, and fervor rivals european leagues.

Osendu, Moshi Region. A young shepherd watches his flock.

Serengeti. Lion keeps an eye on his territory.

Osendu, Moshi Region. Ole is a very modern Maasai. He lives in the city, but he comes back regularly to the village to help and inquire about his family. Around his father (the village chief) and his many wives, the community breeds cattle, which will be exchanged for food or necessities.

Mto Wa Mbu.

Serengeti.

Tarangire.

Ngorongoro. In adolescence, Maasai men pass the ritual of circumcision, a test that they will have to resist without showing any sign of pain. Then follow several months during which tradition requires them to live between young adults in villages specially built for them. Other distinctive signs, they will wear dark outfits, and wear a face painted with elaborate patterns.

Serengeti.

Moshi Region. Lazaro is Maasai. It's a beautiful meeting, in the back room of a village bar. With his friends, and despite the language barrier, they talk about their lives, and wonder about France, this distant country. The laughter sounds, the beers go down. Lazaro, curious, smokes for the first time a cigarette, he is rather accustomed to Maasai tobacco, a root powder to sniff.

Moshi Region. The market stalls of the village.

Osendu, Moshi Region. In the Maasai village, it is the children who take care of the household tasks. While the boys tend the flocks, the girls cook for the community.

Osendu, Moshi Region. The elders are respected, and release a quiet force. Years after years, women accumulate jewels, clothes... In this village without running water, cut of the world, being beautiful is an evidence for these Maasaïs women.

Osendu, Moshi Region.

Osendu, Moshi Region. The generosity of Ole and his family remains a wonderful example of goodwill. What to leave of this passage? An image that will immortalize shared moments, smiles, accolades exchanged.

Osendu, Moshi Region. All the women of the village shave their heads, it is a criterion of essential beauty, which has no other particular meaning.

Moshi.

Pemba, Zanzibar. In the middle of the mangrove, a fisherman brings back his dhow (traditional boat) to quay.

Stone Town, Zanzibar.

Moshi. In this city at the foot of Kilimanjaro, the bus station remains, as often in Africa, the epicenter of everyday life. A boda-boda (motorcycle taxi) is waiting for its customers.

Pemba, Zanzibar. On Kiweni Island, a huge whale ran aground several years ago. The inhabitants have removed the carcass, some for its flesh, some to recover oil. From the mastodon, it remains only this heavy and imposing bone, which reappears regularly at low tide.

Stone Town. The capital of Zanzibar is a tangle of narrow streets, courtyards, markets ... Crowded by people of all backgrounds, by veiled women of colorful stuff, it's a sight for the eyes and a delight for the nostrils .

Stone Town, Zanzibar. Tap water is not drinkable in Zanzibar. Fountains are located throughout the city. In addition to refreshing, they are places of meeting and discussion for adults ... and young people.

Stone Town, Zanzibar. The veils can not hide the beauty ...

Stone Town, Zanzibar.

Tarangire. Late wildebeest are heading to Kenya's border.

Stone Town, Zanzibar.

Matemwe, Zanzibar. The village school brings together several hundred children, of all ages, despite derisory financial and material resources.

Stone Town, Zanzibar.

Dar es Salaam. The crossing by ferry is a chaos. Engines pushed to the maximum, several meters deep waves... The crew runs everywhere to distribute vomitory bags... Often too late.