Guinea-bissau & story of salt – ERNST SCHADE PHOTOGRAPHY

Guinea-Bissau, São Domingos, 2005. A fisherman washes his catch in the River Cacheu at sunset.

Guinea-Bissau, São Domingos, 2005. A fisherman roasts his catch on a fire near the shore of the Cacheu river at sunset.

Guinea-Bissau, Ingoré. 2005. A woman carries her trade on the market.

Guinea-Bissau, Ingoré. 2005. The local pharmacist.

Guinea-Bissau, Farim. 2005. Inside the Governor’s office.

Guinea-Bissau, Cantanhez, near Cadique village. 2006. Women catch fish with traditional nets in a creek of River Cumbija.

Africa, Guinea-Bissau. 2006. Muddy legs of men and women after catching fish in a creek of the river Cumbijá.

Guinea-Bissau, capital Bissau. 2005. The huge market of Bandim.

Guinea-Bissau, capital Bissau. 2006. View from the terrace of café “Amir Fast Food”.

Africa, Guinea-Bissau, capital Bissau. Postcard, 1971. The statue of the Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristão at its original location at the central avenue of Bissau. After independence in 1974 it was removed and dumped in far-away Cacheu.

Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu. 2005. A boy sits on the same colonial statue on its new location. All colonial monuments were removed from the capital of Bissau after independence in 1974.

Guinea-Bissau, Buba. 2008. Sunrise over River Buba while fishermen wait for the tide to rise.

Guinea-Bissau, Elia. 2005. Villagers sing and dance at the initiation ceremonies of the young male adults.

Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, 2008. Street vendor selling Christmas decorations.

Guinea-Bissau. 2008. A street in downtown Bissau.

Guinea-Bissau, Bissau. 2013. Open-air restaurant in a street in downtown Bissau.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu. 2013. Men decorate a wall in a local bar.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu. 2013. Young men work out at their improvised gym.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu. 2013. Two women haul harvested oysters onto the quay.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu. 2013. Worker’s housing at the local fishery plant.

Guinea-Bissau, Bijagós. 2008. Baobab tree on the Island of Angurama.

Guinea-Bissau, Bijagós. 2008. Unspoilt nature near the island of Angurama.

Guinea-Bissau, Bijagós. 2008. This archipelago consists of more than 80 islands and is considered World Heritage. This island, Ilha Acapa Imbone, is heavily polluted with waste mainly from passing cargo vessels.

Guinea-Bissau, Bijagós, Bolama Island. 2008. The local tailor’s.

Guinea-Bissau, Cantanhez, Cadique. 2008. Women on their way to the market at sunrise.

Guinea-Bissau, Catanhez, Cadique. 2008. Rice harvest.

Guinea-Bissau, Cantanhez, Iemberem. 2013. A ‘poilão’, silk-cotton tree with extraordinary roots in the Lautchande forest, part of the vast Cantanhez tropical forest in the southern province of Tombali.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu province, Djobel. 2013. Rising tide.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu province, Djobel. 2013. The régulo, traditional leader, reinforces the dike surrounding his rice field as a preparation for the new farming season that starts in the month of June.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu province, Bolol. 2013. Catch of the day.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu province, Bolol. 2013.

Guinea-Bissau, Cacheu province, Bolol. 2013. A man returns home with his daily catch.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, on the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005.Two women collect silt from the river forelands that were once fertile rice fields. At home, they filter and boil the silt with water and obtain good quality salt.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, on the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005. A girl collects silt from the river forelands that were once fertile rice fields.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, on the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005. A family collects silt from the river forelands that were once fertile rice fields. At home, they filter and boil the silt with water and obtain good quality salt.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, on the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005. A family carries buckets with silt from the river forelands that were once fertile rice fields. At home, they filter and boil the silt with water and obtain good quality salt.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, on the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, at the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005. A boy carries a bucket with silt from the river forelands that were once fertile rice fields. The cultivation of rice, the most important staple in the country, became impossible due to the salting up of the fields. At home, they filter and boil the silt with water and obtain good quality salt.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, at the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005. Women carry silt to the village where they will filter and boil the silt and extract salt to generate income.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, on the outer marshes of the River Cacheu. 2005. A woman filters silt to extract the salt.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village, located on the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005. A woman boils the salty water in order to extract the salt.

After silt has been collected from the river outer marshes, women filter the silt with water and obtain good quality salt that they sell on the market.

Guinea-Bissau, K3 village located on the outer marshes of the Cacheu river. 2005. Piling up locally produced salt to be sold in the capital of Bissau.