I’m heading out to southwest Uganda to find some coffee farmers so no blogging this week. Posting will resume from the other side of the continent next week.
About Scarlett Lion

Photographer, writer, reporter. Going through life with an eye towards creating records and histories.
On the roof a a friend’s house in Nakasero, Kampala back in 2006, I went through a crate of discarded items he and a few other artists had gathered. On that day, I was looking for something, and I found the lion. Something about the hollowed out, paint chipped toy appealed to my understanding of this amazing continent: I’d never seen a real lion, after all.
Previously based in Uganda, currently in Liberia. Always roaming. This blog provides curiosities, commentary, and photos.
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3 Comments
Love! I so wanted to take pictures like these. Thanks for taking them of this awesome matoke balancing act. Beautiful.
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God, that’s gorgeous.
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Beau cadrage qui met vraiment l’effort en valeur
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