Jolodibo - la terre de mon père

JOLODIBO – LA TERRE DE MON PERE

Sisters Josline (2007) and Lois (2008) were born and raised in Amsterdam. Their black father from Cameroon and white mother from the Netherlands met in the Netherlands years ago, fell in love and had two children. Since 2016 I have been documenting the lives of the sisters in both Europe and Africa. The family lives and stays both in the Netherlands and in Africa. I like long term projects. Since 2016, the sisters have lived in Cameroon for a year and Benin for a year. I have visited and lived with them in both places. In addition, I went on holiday and family visits with them to West Africa (Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cameroon) and the South of France.

I am interested in how they relate to both Europe and Africa. I am interested in how they themselves view life. And what it does to me.

I am falling in love with the continent myself. I eat fish with my hands, feast on peanuts from wine bottles, drink bissap and am part of the family, observing the family and the world around me. Live along and with the rhythm of the family. Wait for hours at border crossings. Dive into the pools. Take morning walks on dusty roads. And I experience the girls: from their love for barbies to then their love for horses.

I like the everyday moments and the moments where nothing seems to happen, the non-moments.

Specific in this edit I am looking for a visual rhythm.