All In Nima Ghana

All in Nima - Ghana

Local men meet outside the mosque each day before sunset prayer to discuss community issues affecting them and their families.
A couple heading home on Nima's main boulevard an hour before fast breaking hour in Ramadan.
Halal meat easily found on the streets of Nima while it is rarely available elsewhere in Christian majority Accra.
The coffee shop serves as the office of local non-profit association looking after vulnerable community members regardless of the sect or brotherhood they belong to.
Worshipers from different Muslim sects pray together at Nima's biggest mosque whose Imam is Quadiri, the school of islamic thought with the fewest members in the community.
Close friends issued from different muslim sects hanging at a back street of Nima.
A Sufi youngster dressed up for the evening prayer during Ramadan.
A Sunnite muslim trader sitting on the side walk at the end of a workday.
Muslim ladies prepare porridge pies during Ramadan fasting month.
A street funeral commemoration of a Christian elderly lady from the local community. Muslims of various sects as well as Christians attended the ceremony.
Local women mourn the death of an elderly Christian woman during a community funeral.
Aziz Haruna to the left is the president of Ghana union of national football team supporters. Regarded as a community leader, he takes a walk around the neighbourhood to salute friends and acquaintances.
Parents and their children during a religious lesson at Nima's Shia mosque.
Sheikh Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Toussi, leader of the Shia community in Nima, poses outside his brotherhood's mosque.
A sufi worshiper about to perform ablution wash ritual prior to prayer.
During El 'Wadifa', a Sufi afternoon ritual, young men chant religious hymns.
Leading Imam of Sufi community running a chanting trance ceremony with young followers
A sufi worshipper reciting Allah's sacred names and praying out loud.
Most of Nima inhabitants live inside shacks or makeshift houses built without authorisation. A local woman carries her meal home to break fast during Ramadan.
Local men waiting for afternoon prayer outside Nima central mosque.
A Shia worshipper breaking fast during Ramadan.
Worshippers from different sects performing 'Tarawih' night prayer during Ramadan.