All in Nima - Ghana
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Local men meet outside the mosque each day before sunset prayer to discuss community issues affecting them and their families.
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A couple heading home on Nima's main boulevard an hour before fast breaking hour in Ramadan.
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Halal meat easily found on the streets of Nima while it is rarely available elsewhere in Christian majority Accra.
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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.
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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.
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Close friends issued from different muslim sects hanging at a back street of Nima.
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A Sufi youngster dressed up for the evening prayer during Ramadan.
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A Sunnite muslim trader sitting on the side walk at the end of a workday.
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Muslim ladies prepare porridge pies during Ramadan fasting month.
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A street funeral commemoration of a Christian elderly lady from the local community. Muslims of various sects as well as Christians attended the ceremony.
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Local women mourn the death of an elderly Christian woman during a community funeral.
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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.
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Parents and their children during a religious lesson at Nima's Shia mosque.
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Sheikh Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Toussi, leader of the Shia community in Nima, poses outside his brotherhood's mosque.
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A sufi worshiper about to perform ablution wash ritual prior to prayer.
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During El 'Wadifa', a Sufi afternoon ritual, young men chant religious hymns.
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Leading Imam of Sufi community running a chanting trance ceremony with young followers
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A sufi worshipper reciting Allah's sacred names and praying out loud.
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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.
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Local men waiting for afternoon prayer outside Nima central mosque.
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A Shia worshipper breaking fast during Ramadan.
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Worshippers from different sects performing 'Tarawih' night prayer during Ramadan.