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It is more than 50 years since Claudia Andujar began photographing the Yanomami, the people of the Amazon rainforest near Brazil's border with Venezuela. Now 89, she is using her archive to increase their visibility, at a time when their survival is under renewed threat.
In many cultures, striking up a conversation with a stranger is the norm, and could even lead to a budding friendship. But not for the Swedes. Here, small talk is seen as futile, and referred to as kallprat (cold talk) or dodprat (dead talk). To avoid ending in these situations, many Swedes have made an art of avoiding eye contact with strangers and acquaintances they might come across in the street by looking at their phones or staring at shopping windows instead. For Swedes, the purpose of talking is to exchange meaningful information, and engaging in purposeless chit-chat simply isn't valued.
Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women features glittering treasures, gleaming coins and eye-catching jewelry and tells a rich story about the universally precious metal and its special relationship with the people of West Africa. Gold also provides an enduring link to the past in a new Sidedoor podcast that takes listeners on a journey through parts of the region. Take note.
