FrenchMottershead visited Bahia from January 7th to 27th to work on SHOPS, “an ongoing, international photographic project, uncovering communities formed by independent, local traders”. I worked with them as a writer/observer/cultural consultant and am currently writing an essay on that experience for the book they will publish in 2009. Here is their blog on the project so far: shopsproject.blogspot.com
10 Feb 08 – They’ve just added a “making links” blog
Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending a very special Yemanjá Festival in Barra Grande, on the island of Itaparica. This year, February 3rd fell during Carnival, so the festivities were significantly reduced. Even so, they were beautiful and deeply moving. Here are some of the photos I thought best captured the event (just click on the photo to see the slideshow).
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| Yemanjá Day on Itaparica – 03.02.08 |
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| Sabrina Gledhill |
Click on the photo to see the slideshow
It’s sometimes hard to describe what it’s like to work as a translator in a country where few speak your native tongue, but most think they understand it well enough to critique your work. This may sound like arrogance and hubris, but I started out very humbly…
Yes, I have so many (too many?) sites and blogs already:
Business – http://www.5star.com.br
Research – manuelquerino.blogspot.com ; mrquerino.blogspot.com ; britcemba.blogspot.com ; cemingba.blogspot.com ; http://www.cib.inf.br ; mulock.blogspot.com
Misc Blogs – handmaidstale.blogspot.com ; capoeirablogger.blogspot.com
Let alone the sites I’ve built and left adrift in Cyberspace (they come back to haunt me every once in a while). So why another? I thought this would be the perfect place to blog about my main activities and hobbies – writing, research, translation and photography. I’ll start by publishing a few things I’ve had stored in my computer for ages.
Editora Funmilayo Publishing 