My Africa https://journals.worldnomads.com/guinea/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:45:45 GMT World Nomads Adventures I left my heart in Africa I dreamt of wild Africa since I was 8. I had this fantasy of becoming a friend with a lion who would walk by my side and when I was scared, I would hide in his mane. When I was 8, I lived with my parents in Libya. I was then hunting in the red stony desert for chameleons. But all along I kept dreaming of real Africa, I wanted to meet my lion! In Libya I took my first photos with my father’s Zenith. I would take no more than two photos out of the 36 exposures color Kodak film but I always got spanked for wasting the two shots. Nobody knew my pictures were art… I ended up in South Africa 30 years later. Finally I had my first encounter with a wild lion – a fantastic big warrior with scars across his face and with the deep eyes of a creature that feels confident about himself. I was enchanted by the sounds, the smell, the wind and the colours of a country that I had only read about. I loved the people and I felt useless donating just 20 Euro to a kindergarten that had 40% of kids with HIV. Photography became part of my life when I was 12. Then I got my first Russian camera. I was 34 when I bought a digital camera. My other passion is horse riding. One new dream of mine is riding together with wild animals in Africa. I have to go back there and take all photos that I have missed during my first visit. I have to write fantastic stories about my experience. I am an explorer at heart, devoted hard worker and a great partner full of enthusiasm for photography and for Africa. https://journals.worldnomads.com/guinea/photos/30751/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Travel Worldwide guinea https://journals.worldnomads.com/guinea/photos/30751/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/guinea/photos/30751/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:05:26 GMT 0