Photo report of the gold rush in Senegal: Laeila Adjovi
Photo report of the gold rush in Senegal: Laeila Adjovi
Laeila Adjovi offers a photo report on the gold rush in Senegal.Self-taught photojournalist Franco-Beninese origin, follower of a documentary photograph, it shows through these pictures of the daily lives of thousands of gold seekers.
Photo credit: Laeila Adjovi
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| At 15, Boroma Kangara dips, hollows and returns the stones in the gallery. | ||||||
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| At 13, Boroma Dembélé left his village to look for gold. | ||||||
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| On the site of Diabougou, a mining digs a gallery. | ||||||
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| Fatoumata Keita-12 years. She pulls on the rope to bring the dama from the bottom of stones. | ||||||
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| Camp minors in the original city of Diabougou. | ||||||
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| Washing of stones brought from dama bottom. | ||||||
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| The galleries are very deep. They go up 20 or 30 meters deep. | ||||||
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| Mercury poisons the water of the river. The miners use to wash and treat the gold. | ||||||
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| In the mining site Dioura, work ends at 17 hours. |
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