I’m Glenna Gordon, an American photographer and journalist, presently commuting between West Africa and Brooklyn. Previously, I lived in Liberia. And before that, I lived in Uganda. I’ve traveled and worked in over a dozen countries in Africa.
This blog is named after a found object — a plastic lion that was in a crate of discarded items a friend and a few other artists had gathered. I sat on their roof in Nakasero, Kampala sorting through the crate. On that day, I was looking for something. “You are lost!” a Uganda might say. But, I’d found this discarded kid’s toy, made in China on the cheap, that somehow ended up in East Africa. Something about the hollowed out, paint-chipped figurine appealed to my understanding of this place: I’d never seen a real lion, after all.
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lonelysealonelysky says:
“I’m keeping fine-o.” I heard my mum’s voice in my head lol.
It’s gorgeous. My parents want to move there soon, and I’m thinking about going too, but I’m worried about the shock of going from England to Liberia. I went there when I was 9yrs old, but I didn’t like it…but at least I know what to expect this time.
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— January 28, 2009 @ 12:58 am