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Timbuktu: all four of my pieces from the end of the world

Lost manuscripts of Timbuktu from caparkinson on Vimeo.

Salt caravans of Timbuktu from caparkinson on Vimeo.

Al Qaeda in Timbuctu from caparkinson on Vimeo.

Timbuktu climate change from caparkinson on Vimeo.

“It’s good to trust.” Somalia, June 2009.

As we climbed out of the tiny ten seater aircraft and stepped onto Somali soil I was nervous. We were in territory controlled by the Islamist militia Al Shabab, a group with ties to Al Qaeda and a reputation for beheading those who didn’t agree with them. We were the guests of The World [...]

Amandla! An interview with Hugh Masakela.

Hugh Masakela is a South African icon. We were lucky enough to be allowed to film him rehearsing for the concert to mark his seventieth birthday in March this year. He was a nice guy and was very chilled about me setting up lights and running all around his studio.

Under Fire in Afghanistan. Helmand, Christmas 2007.

I’d always wandered how it felt to be shot at, to hear the crack of bullets breaking the sound barrier above my head and to feel the adrenaline flood through my body.
When it happened it was strangely surreal, like it was happening to somebody else. My heart rate barely seemed to rise above its normal [...]