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On the Niger river, Mali

The Niger river has for centuries been main highway connecting various remote outposts in this vast harsh and arid environment. And the only ones having real knowledge of its inner quirks, flats, bends and pitfalls are Bozo boatmen navigating it with elegance and utter ease in their pirogues, pinasses and makeshift boats usually crammed to the top with people, livestock, necessities and the occasional motorbike.

Goats in pinasse
Throwing the fishnet
Camels escorting pinasse crossing
Setting the fishing net
Lone fishing moment
Navigating pinasse
Pinasse in a sunset
Pinasse in an evening mist
Fishing using fish cages
Quick fix of a fishnet
Learning the trade
Father and his kids on the river
Pushing on along the shore
Getting ready for another throw
Young fisherman
Pinasse in evening sunshine
Evening transport to the other shore
Fishing at dusk
Floating at dusk
Navigating the Niger river
Directing pinasse down the river
Line of fishing boats
Early morning transport
Father and son in a pinasse
Pulling out the fishnet
Row of parked pinasses
Moped transported by a pinasse
Boxes overload
Transporting motorbike with a pinasse
Donkeys amid passengers of pinasse
Boy using a pole to push pinasse across the river
Makeshift sail

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