Chris Smith’s blog

A plug: Just got word from my buddy Bamoye, a travel guide from Timbuktu, that he’s bought his own 4×4 (key for both sand-track drives and desert-elephant searches). That’s him to the right, posing like a proud papa with his new ride. So if you’re planning on heading to Mali’s Festival in the Desert come January, drop him a line:

bamoye [underscore] dicko [at] yahoo.fr

I shot these photos last month while reporting a story on the ways in which Soweto–and, more generally, South Africa–has changed since the end of apartheid. The piece will come later, but for now there are photos.