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SHERRI HARVEY

ECO STORYTELLER | WRITER | PHOTOGRAPHER

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

-Mary Oliver

San Jose | CA | US | Worldwide

West Africa: Ghana, Togo, Benin: February 2023
“Peace begins with a smile.”― Mother Teresa

Ganvie Lake City

Ganvie Lake City

Village Boy

Village Boy

Scars Define Us

Scars Define Us

Ganvie Lake City

Ganvie Lake City

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Salt miner in Ouidah

Fearless

Seamstress at Kumasi Market

Peace Seamstress

Young man on beach in Lome

Gassing Up

Scarification marks identity and belonging

Scars Define Us

Young girl at Kumasi Market selling toothpaste

Toothpaste Salesgirl

Leaving Elmina to walk in the village, a young girl wins our hearts

Rainbows and Smiles

Walking in the village near Elmina Castle

A price smiles at the Akwasidae Festival in Ghana

Akwasidae Festival Prince

At Egun Egun Ceremony, boy tries to dance with the voodoo priests

Voodoo in the Dance

A woman breastfeeds at Kumasi Market

Momma breastfeeding at Kumasi Market

Two women walk in Kumasi Market.

Kumasi Market

Two Women Walking

Smiling mother at Kumasi Market

Happy Momma

Fisherman at Kumasi Market

Kumasi Fishmonger

with his nets

Sage at Kumasi Market

Sage at Kumasi

Young girl balancing the world on her head

Learning

Young woman with coconuts on her head

Mastered

A prince at the Akwasidae Festival

Intense Prince at Akwasidae Festival

Young boy at Elmina

Happy

Kumasi Village

Contemplation

Kumasi Market

Bashful

Scarification marks identity and belonging

Humble

Smiles at The Akwasidae Festival

Akwasidae Festival

Taneka Village girl

A Little Princess

Scarification marks identity and belonging

Scars Define Us

Taneka Village girl
Scarification marks identity and belonging

Scars Define Us

Taneka Village voodoo fetish priest

Sacred Hands

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