Stepping Stones for Africa

In this series of posts I would like to honour the individuals on the photos we used in the header of this site. I would like to give you some background on the photo and - as far as my knowledge goes - the persons themselves. All photos were taken by Remco Kalf.

Boy with pink glasses, Baobeng Fiema, Ghana

Cindy and I met this rather seriously looking boy with his funny pink glasses in Baobeng-Fiema, Ghana.

Baobeng-Fiema is the name of a wildlife sanctuary and of a small community of two little villages. The villages and the Baobeng Monkey Sanctuary are situated in an absolutely beautiful forest with huge and ancient trees. The villagers live peacefully together with two species of monkeys, which are considered sacred and are treated as humans.

The little boy and his brother we met when we were waiting along the roadside for a lift, very early in the morning of January 6, 2006. He brought us a mango for our breakfast.