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Away from the influences of the Western world, in the heart of West Africa, some people still perpetuate from generation to generation, their traditional way of life. In these remote areas, the art of building with earth has resulted in a native architecture, murals of beauty. Each year after the harvest, it is women who are responsible for restoring and painting their homes as torrential rains of the wet season were thoroughly washed their decoration. They then engage in a collective artistic creation whose composition, technique, the use of colors are part of a dynamic art that knows no borders. But here the artist uses his hands as the brush and the wall of his house as a backdrop. The motifs and compositions that adorn the walls are the daily mirror of these women, illustrating their sense of community and the look they relate to the world around them. “Pictures of Africa” invites you to discover the habitat of these populations so proud and so worthy. This book is there to witness this noble art – and artists whose lifestyle is becoming more Westernized gradually – which will soon be only a memory.