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Nigeria Picture by Camron Karsten
Travel story: Pole of Peace

An idea, the design, research on the Peace Pole Project, a new design--and then the chainsaw; a three and a half foot blade warped in a tooth of knawing metal. We were supposed to have had the materials, and the paints, but there were none. So we improvised, Peter Titcomb and I, finding resources, scouring the bush. And with the help of three large muscular black men of the Ijaw tribe in the Niger Delta. The engine hummed, filling a quiet room of books and cataloging. Wood split, poles... More

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