By Skyler Vander Molen. See original here.
via Appfrica, via World Famous Design Junkies
About Scarlett Lion
I’m an American photographer and journalist traipsing around Africa on the lookout for the ordinary and the extraordinary, using my camera as a pretext to enter worlds not otherwise available.
This space is a scrap book of web and life trawlings – photography, music, arts, politics, and other sundry subjects. It is also a vanity press for my unpublished (and occasionally) published work.
I found the scarlett lion on the roof a friend’s house in Kampala back in 2006 when 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: a discarded kid’s toy made in China on the cheap, that somehow found it’s way to East Africa. Something about the hollowed out, paint chipped figurine 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.
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6:32 PM
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This is an excellent (though mostly depressing) depiction of African facts. Can I use it (with all the applicable links of course!).
Cheers
Holli in Ghana
[Reply]
Hi Holli,
This graphic is great And, not mine. I’ve reposted it from Appfrica, who reposted it from someone else. I’m sure if you put links up no one will mind.
Take Care,
SL
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Fantastic visual of an incredibly troubled country, more people need to see this!
[Reply]
Hi Brian,
Hopefully if you’re reading this blog, then you know that Africa is a continent and not a country and that there’s a whole lot more to this amazing place than just trouble.
Poke around a bit and check out some of the great links of the sidebar. And, for a more accurate map of Africa, check this out:
http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/arbitraryuser.png
(or on my blog, re-posted here:
http://www.scarlettlion.com/2009/05/so-just-how-big-is-africa-2.html )
SL
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Hello,
My name is Skyler Vander Molen and I’m the one who made this. Just wanted to say thanks for posting it and anyone can feel free to repost as long as you include my name and a link to the project: http://work.svanderm.com/projects/global-peace-exchange/.
Thanks again for the positive feedback and enthusiasm.
Best,
Skyler
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