GABON
​I visited Gabon in December 2019

This is a river-island city.  The three parts of the city -- the River Gauche (Left Bank), Ile Lambarene (the Central Island), and the Rive Droite (Right Bank) -- are divided by water and united by bridges and pirogues.*​

I filmed these little girls playing with their blonde dolls in the village of Lebamba, Gabon.​

Near the village of Lebamba are a couple of massive underground cave networks,m most famously the Bongolo caves.*

The hospital founded in 1924 by Albert Schweitzer is still operating today.*​

This abandoned mission near Sindara has arched colonnades on two levels and is built in brick and wood.  Opposite is a small and crumbling whitewashed church, painted with touches of blue, making it look Greek in style.*

Mimongo...is a typical Mitsogho village and centre for Bwiti...this area is the cradle of Gabonese culture.*

Mbigou...home of the Mbigou soapstone favoured by Gabonnese sculptors.*​​

In each villae there is  Bwiti temple called a mbandja...Special ceremonies take place here, in which initiates see to enter into contact with the spirits...+

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* These captions are from Gabon by Sophie Warne - ​ a Bradt Travel Guide