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Church Fashion Vol. 20 Kolinvaai Baptist Church Last church fashion post for a few months as I’ll be traveling. • • • #ghana #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #mamprusi #guinea
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“Ba bu ziiri gingaŋŋa n wa Tampɔluŋŋu.” “They don't carry a drum to go to the Tampolensi land.” This Mamprusi proverb is their equivalent of the British idiom “You don’t carry coals to Newcastle.” Historically, Newcastle was a city that dealt heavily in t
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Church Fashion Vol. 19 Moyom Baptist Church • • • #ghana #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #bimoba #everydayghana #everydayafrica #northeastregion #mamprugu
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Dr. @heidihaun and I have been enjoying having two great @treveccapaprogram students from @trevecca Nazarene University working with us at the hospital the past few weeks. It’s encouraging to see young medical professionals with such positive attitudes an
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Church Fashion Vol. 18 Zamburugu Baptist Church • • • #ghana #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #mamprusi #everydayghana #everydayafrica #northeastregion #mamprugu
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Church Fashion Vol. 17 Dunni Baptist Church • • • #ghana #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #konkomba #komba #everydayghana #everydayafrica #northeastregion #mamprugu
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Church Fashion Vol. 16 Mother’s Day Edition • • • #ghana #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #mamprusi #everydayghana #everydayafrica #northeastregion #mamprugu #fulbe #fulani #t
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This is my friend Pastor George Boungo. He called me today just to check in and say hi so I thought I’d let ya’ll see his awesome smile. It always makes me happy and I hope it does to you too! • • • #ghana #ghanapeople #ghana #mamprusi #mamprugu #makeport
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A Muslim cleric teaches Qu’ranic verses in Arabic script to a class of small children outside of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during Ramadan. • • • #ramadan2022 #ramadan #burkinafaso #arabic #koran #quran #quranverses #westafrica #everydayafrica #burkinafaso
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Istvan Fazekas, a (now retired) 6th generation, Hungarian master potter, stands in a display room featuring works by him and his son Istvan Jr. The men specialize in the centuries-old traditional black pottery of Nadudvar, Hungary. The Fazekas family has
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Elders & subchiefs outside the palace of the NaYiri, Overlord of Mamprugu - Ghana’s oldest traditional kingdom. • • • #mamprugu #mamprusi #mampruli #ghana #ghanaphotography #ghana #everydayghana #everydayafrica #chieftaincy #africanchief #africanking #fuj
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A young Mossi girl pounds millet at an Internally Displace People (IDP) camp in Burkina Faso. Terrorist attacks over the last few years have forced many in the northern regions of the country to flee the indiscriminate violence and atrocities. In December
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Boy with cell phone in the village of Sumnibooma#1 in northeastern Ghana • • • #mamprugu #ghana #ghana #everydayafrica #everydayghana #celllphone #mtnghana #fujifilm #fujifilmxt3 #fujifilmafrica @fujifilm_africa
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My language teacher & cultural insider but most importantly, my good friend, Philip Salifu Jangdow was enskinned as Gbangkugraana by the NaYiri, Overlord of Mamprugu. “The commoner with clean hands eats with the elders.” • • • #mamprugu #ghana #ghana #mam
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Church Fashion Vol. 15 Finally back in Ghana after a lot of travel! Glad to see my brothers and sisters rocking their great church fashion again. • • • #ghana #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #african
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I’m taking to the skies again and heading to much colder & wetter weather. (Image taken at @sccatamale’s @redclay_studio in what I like to call the @starbowgh graveyard)
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Mother and daughter in Mamprugu. Call your momma and tell her you love her today. I plan to! • • • #ghana #mamprugu #mamprusi #makeportraits #everydayghana #everydayafrica #africa #westafrica #motherlove #loveyourmother #babygirl #fujifilm #fujifilmxt3 #f
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My buddy Laminu in Tuzeaa. He called me this evening just to say hi so I thought I’d post this portrait of him from a recent visit. • • • #ghanafashion #ghana #northeastregion #portrait #makeportrait #everydayghana #everydayafrica #fujifilmxt3 #fujifilm #
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Church Fashion Vol. 14 Today was “Pastor Appreciation Day” at Fulbe Baptist Church and pastor’s outfit (a gift from church members) stole the show! • • • #ghana #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #pastor #pastorappreci
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Sometimes I feel like Ghana is in a strange limbo between the past and the present - tradition and modernity. This is Sohmed and he loves contemporary fashion and music. He lives in Tuzeaa - a small village with no electricity, no running water, not even
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Church Fashion Vol. 13 • • • #ghana #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #mamprusi #bimoba #everydayghana #everydayafrica #northeastregion #mamprugu #fujifilm #fujifilmxt3 #fujife
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Church Fashion Vol. 12 Christmas Edition 🎄 • • • #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #mamprusi #northeastregion #mamprugu #fujifilm #fujifilmxt3 #fujifeed #fujixse
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Today marked 20 amazing years of marriage to @heidihaun . Here’s to 20 more. • First photo taken today by our son. Second photo taken on Dec. 15, 2001 by ???
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INVEST IN PEOPLE Dr. George M. Faile III first came to Nalerigu, Ghana in 1957 at the age of seven. His father was an @imbmissions missionary who founded the Baptist Medical Center and ran it for two decades. Years later, Dr. Faile III returned - by then
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Discover Northern Ghana This incredible nation has so much more to offer tourists than slave castles and kente cloth. The diverse landscapes and rich cultures of the northern regions will blow your mind. • • • #northernghana #ghana #africa #visitghana #g
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Church Fashion Vol. 11 • • • #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #fulani #mamprusi #northeastregion #mamprugu #fujifilm #fujifilmxt3 #fujifeed #fujixseries #fujifilmme #fujifilma
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Church Fashion Vol. 10 • • • #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #mamprugu #mamprusi #northeastregion #mamprugu #fujifilm #fujifilmxt3 #fujifeed #fujixseries #fujifilmme #fujifil
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Portrait of an “African Man” in Zambia. • • • #zambia #bemba #makeportraits #africanman #africa #african #everydayafrica #everydayzambia #copperbelt #tshirt #africanfashion #funnyfashion #fujifilm #fujixseries #fujifilmxt3 @fujifilm_africa #fujifilmafrica
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Church Fashion Vol. 9 • • • #ghana #churchfashion #africanprint #africanprintlovers #churchclothes #africanfashion #africanwear #africanwax #mamprugu #mamprusi #northeastregion #mamprugu #fujifilm #fujifilmxt3 #fujifeed #fujixseries #fujifilmme #fujifilm
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Church Fashion Vol. 8 (Zambian Edition) • • • #zambia #churchfashion #southernafrica #africa #africanfashion #africanwear #africandesign #bemba #copperbelt #fujifilm #fujifilmxt3 #fujifeed #fujixseries #fujifilmme #fujifilmafrica @fujifilm_africa
