Faces of Africa: Photo Gallery Two

Faces of Africa Pictures: Pokot girl from Kenya wears necklace
Faces of Africa Pictures: Masai boy from Kenya awaits circumcision
Faces of Africa Pictures: Dinka men from Sudan covered in ash
Faces of Africa Pictures: Amhara priest treats woman possessed with spirit
Faces of Africa Pictures: Ewe Voodoo devotee from Togo surrenders to spirit
Faces of Africa Pictures: Surma woman from Ethiopia with clay lip plate
Faces of Africa Pictures: Fulani woman from Mali wears gold earrings
Faces of Africa Pictures: Nigerian Hausa dancers whirl with billowing pants
Faces of Africa: Surma woman from Ethiopia with lip plate carries rifle
Faces of Africa Pictures: Photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
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Hausa Dancer, Nigeria

"Wearing billowing pantaloons and covered with protective leather talismans, Hausa dancers called Gardi whirl along the processional route of the Sallah ceremony to clear a path for the emir. Resembling small hurricanes, the dancers leap and spin round and round, gathering momentum as they whirl past the crowds. Their voluminous pants fill with air and puff out like balloons as they perform."

—photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, writing in the book Faces of Africa

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