Sep 2, 2023
A rare saltwater hippo on the island of Orango in the Bijagos archipelago of Guinea-Bissau. Ten African countries accuse EU of failing to protect hippos
Photograph: dianajarvisphotography.co.uk/Alamy
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A rare saltwater hippo on the island of Orango in the Bijagos archipelago of Guinea-Bissau. Ten African countries accuse EU of failing to protect hippos
Photograph: dianajarvisphotography.co.uk/Alamy
Guinea-Bissau Bijago Statuary
Bijago Statuary — Image by kenne
Last fall our friend Tom Markey and his son went on a fishing trip in the Bijagos Archipelago off the coast of Guinea-Bissau. The Bijago inhabit most of the 25 Bissagos Islands constituting a small West African tribe of approximately 22,000.
It is not unusual for some of the islands to have a matriarchal society where women possess all the power organize…
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Guinea-Bissau 2008 by ernst schade on Flickr.