OUR TAMALE

   

                                 

By MacCarthy

                            

                      OUR                                         TAMALE 

My name is  MacCarthy and I have been inspired by Brandon and  Lisa Ling. so I decided to  start  Our  Tamale. I thought it would be really cool to create an exhaustive catalogue of Tamale  city inhabitants and communicate the beauty, stories and potentials in the capital city of the three northern regions in Ghana, so I set out to photograph Tamalians and plot their photos on a map with my smartphone.  Am passionate about storytelling using digital elements and all kinds visuals, I felt cold feet and inspired  as I followed the concept of  Brandons and Lisa Ling.

 I am here to show you the beautiful, funny, and thoughtful side of Tamale, Ghana through a Humans of New York lens of my city

Too often in the West, Africa is always stuck in a narrative of tragedy. Ghana is seen as a place of underdevelopment and corruption, ignoring all of the brilliant, funny, creative people that actually live here. Through Our Tamale, the people of Tamale aim to break their victim roles seen by the West. Instead, they'll tell their stories through their own voices and through my pictures. This project is inspired by Brandon Stanton's HONY, but even though Tamale is not as famous as NYC, it is no less great and beautiful

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