Jason Florio: River Gambia Expedition

A 1044 km source-to-sea odyssey

Jason Florio and Helen Jones had completed a trip on foot around the perimeter of The Gambia in 2009 and had resolved to make another, this time following the source of the River Gambia through three countries – Guinea, Senegal and The Republic of The Gambia – to the Atlantic Ocean. Inspired by Scottish explorer, Mungo Park, who made trips to West Africa in the late 1700’s, they resolved to find a way to fund a two to three month photographic expedition and document the communities living along the River whose lives rely upon it. To create “[a] modern-day account of the people, societies, and life along the length of one of Africa’s last, free-flowing, major rivers. There has been talk of damming the river. This journey will also be about the impact to the communities, and the environmental impact of damming.”

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