Last month I went back to Uganda, almost a year after I’d moved away. I took photos for the International Trade Center and Good African Coffee. And every morning in Liberia when I pour myself a cup of good African coffee, I’m glad I went.
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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Oct 26
2009
4:14 PM
2009
4:14 PM
5 Comments
Fabulous photos as always. I too have my cup of good African coffee (from Ethiopia) not Uganda, every morning, and am always glad I went (to every place in Africa).
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You’re making me feel some kind of reverse home sickness Glenna!
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Yes!
Good African Coffee is the best thing you can put in a cup!!! Amazing pictures as usual. I especially love the endless work of women here portrayed in the last photo (or should I say snap?).
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Thanks for sharing your nice photographs giving me freshness. I feel I am ‘you’ who is enjoying fresh brewed coffee. Here is some more info: Most of Uganda coffee is Robusta, but the Arabica coffee is similar in profile to Kenyan coffees. If you want to buy Ugandan coffee, try the coffee from the western slopes of Mt. Elgon called Bugishu. Bugishu Arabicas are considered to be the best coffees produced by Uganda.
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the pictures are Amazing!!! I love those pictures! thanks very much for sharing!
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