expo 2005 photo essays
- weekly report from the World Exposition in Aichi, Japan

Week twenty-three (August 28, 2005)

· A trip around the Global Commons (Global Common 5 - Africa)

Countries in Global Common 5: Egypt, South Africa, Africa Pavilion (Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

I must admit that I have come to appreciate the African representations at the Expo only recently, even though they are located very close to where I work. Because the African countries are herded together in two big hangar-like buildings, the country presentations are very condensed and it's easy to overlook complete regions of Africa. However, that also means that every trip into the joint African pavilions is very rewarding since you discover new details in every corner. Apart from that, Egypt and South Africa are also located here, next to the NEDO and Robot Station pavilions, which comes of rather awkward.

· African joint pavilion

African joint pavilion

African warehouse

Africa pavilion map

Superhero statue

· African sculpturing

Wooden statue craftsman (Africa)

Building contractor (Angola)

Wooden statues (Angola)

Statue (Mali)

· African shops

Souvenir stand (Africa)

More shops (Benin & Cote d'Ivoire)

· African pavilions

Senegal pavilion

Wall display (Sudan)

New Chad pavilion

Worshipping giraffes (Chad)

Gabon pavilion

Benin pavilion

Ethiopia and Dijibouti pavilions

Kenya pavilion

· South Africa pavilion

South Africa pavilion & event space

South Africa pavilion entrance

· Egypt pavilion

Egypt pavilion

Mummy exhibit (Egypt)

· Next week: Global Common 6 - Asia II