Tanzania, Arusha
Ask Before You Take the Picture
Maasai women on souvenir markets, shared profits, and the one thing tourists still get wrong: taking a photograph without asking first.
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Too Cute to Stay in School
An elder on hill-tribe girls who leave school at six to sell souvenirs, and customs that fade a little more with every busload of tourists.
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Flowers Instead of Begging
An elder on beggars who deserve sympathy, children who've turned to giving flowers instead, and photographs the village couldn't otherwise have.
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A Bus That Comes When You Call
New neighbours from the west, a busier card club, a nursing home that keeps growing — she's glad of most of it. What she'd really like is for the dial-a-bus they cancelled years ago to come back.
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Jambo Instead of Shikamoo
An elder on children greeting tourists the easy way, a house built from money sent home by relatives in the city, and hope that tourism keeps growing.
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