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Mário Cruz, Talibes, Modern Day Slaves, 2015

born 1987, Portugal

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Runaway talibés stand on the banks of the Senegal River, in northern Senegal. Koranic boarding schools in Senegal, known as daaras, traditionally give children between the ages of five and fifteen a religious education and teach them Arabic. But the schools are highly unregulated, and conditions in many are poor, with near-starving children living in overcrowded, unsanitary circumstances. The pupils, or talibés, are beaten and sometimes kept in chains for hours on end. Some are the victims of child-trafficking. Talibés are frequently made to beg on the streets for up to eight or nine hours a day, giving all they collect to their marabout (teacher).

source: http://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2016/contemporary-issues/m%C3%A1rio-cruz/04

artist’s website: http://www.mario-cruz.com/

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BOOK LAUNCH Mario Cruz + FotoEvidence | Talibes Modern Day Slaves October 28th, 7PM

Mario Cruz will be there to sign books.

Cruz gained rare access to the dark side of many darras (Koranic schools) in Senegal and captured disturbing but stunning photographs of the lives of young boys subjected to slave-like conditions. The book Talibes Modern Day Slaves documents an alarming development among the darras that impacts at least 50,000 young boys in Senegal, aged between five and 15. Talibes Modern Day Slaves contains 70 black and white photographs, an introduction from Lauren Siebert from Human Rights Watch and an essay by Fatou Diouf of We Are One Sn. The texts are in English, Arabic, Portuguese and French. It will provide local and international NGOs working on the issue enduring testimony and concrete evidence about the systematic exploitation of children in some daaras in Senegal. Mario Cruz is working in collaboration with organizations in Senegal and neighboring Guinea-Bissau who are using his images in public education campaigns to spur social change. The work received the 2016 World Press Photo Award for Contemporary Issues and was a finalist for the 2016 FotoEvidence Book Award. Talibes Modern Day Slaves is available at the FotoEvidence bookstore on line here: http://fotoevidence.com/book/28/hard-copy

Free and open to the public.

© Mario Cruz

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Comment: talibes_book said "Children that used to be talibes cool off at SOS Talibe Center in Bafata, Guinea-Bissa. The center received 45 talibes returning from Senegal in 2014, some who had ran away from daaras and others who were handed over by marabouts under prosecution in the courts. They are a fraction of the thousands of talibes who are held in what is essentially slavery. Mario Cruz - Talibes Modern Day Slaves #senegal #talibes #worldpressphoto #mariocruz #fotoevidence #humanrights #kickstarter #modernslavery #talibesmoderndayslaves #guineabissau"

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Comment: talibes_book said "A talibe begs on a bridge in Diamaguene, Senegal. Many talibes are forced to beg for an average of 8 hours a day, many of them spend their days almost without eating. Mario Cruz - Talibes Modern Day Slaves #senegal #talibes #worldpressphoto #mariocruz #fotoevidence #humanrights #kickstarter #modernslavery #talibesmoderndayslaves"

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"Lunar Rays by Jeffrey Dawson" by Noël Simoné Wippler

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That's a funny story, huh?