A street of Bamako from the inside of Modibo Traoere’s taxi. He crossed the desert all the way to Murcia where he worked as a builder for two years. He came back in 2012 and bought a taxi. Now he is saving to go back. This year he hopes to be able to have the million francs he needs to try again.
Bus station in Bamako. In the city of Bamako it is difficult to know who is going to venture for the trip across the desert to Europe.
Travellers in a bus stop of the route Bamako-Mopti.
Bus stop on the Bamako-Mopti route. A group of passengers pray at sunset. The next to last prayer of the day.
A lorry on the route towards the desert. The trailer is loaded with sacks of wheat on top of which the passengers travel.
Passengers after spending the night in a village a few kilometres from Segou. Waiting for the mechanic to repair the bus.
Dawn at the bus station in Sevaré. Here it is easier to see who is going to set out for the journey towards Europe.
Central Bus Station in Sevaré. Sidi Djeri and Abdel Karim Coulibay come from Bamako and are going to Algeria to get to Europe.
Passengers at dawn having breakfast while they watch the news on the France 24 television channel in a stall of the Central Bus Station in Sevaré.
Around Douentza the first signs of the great desert appear.
Travellers on the bus that goes from Sevaré to Gao.
Sidi Djeri and Abdel Karim Coulibaly coming back from Bamako and going to Algeria. Praying on the route near Gao.
Travellers resting in the shade of the village of Dalla. The bus has broken down, they are waiting for it to be repaired.
Traveller praying.
A passenger going back to Tombuctou. This city in the North of Mali was controlled during 10 months by terrorist groups of Al Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI).
Passengers go back to their bus travelling to Gao.
Abdul Sisse. 16 years old. He is travelling to Gao to study professional training.
Abdulaye Ag Tanal whose artistic name is Elsy. A young tuareg musician from Menaka. He is travelling to Gao for a concert.
Bus station in Gao. Los pasadores (Boubakar a la derecha) wait for possible candidates who want to continue their trip to Algeria. They sell them tickets to Kidal without knowing when the bus will actually set off, they have to wait to have enough passen
A migrant from Gambia preparing his meal. He has been in Niamey for a few months.
A group of Gambians preparing their meal in abandoned huts in front of Sonef bus station in Niamey. A saucepan of rice to share with everyone. There’s not money every day to prepare a meal for everyone. It is difficult to get work in the city as the com
Boubakar Traore born in Banako in 1983. He has been travelling since 2007. Various times he has been back to Bamako, it is easier to work there. Twice he managed to get to Algeria but never managed to cross the desert. The journey goes on, at the moment h
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Fernando Cava is 29 years old and is from Guinea Buissau. It took him a week to travel from there. He passed through Senegal, Mali, Burkina until he got to Niamey, he has been here for two months. He needs to work to continue his journey. He has painted f