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  • Adam went to Bansang 20 km away via bush taxi large van called a gele gele, he visited training friends, this was the first time leaving new site.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Adam Horowitz 2007

  • Adam went to Bansang 20 km away via bush taxi large van called a gele gele, he visited training friends, this was the first time leaving new site.

    In case you're interested... Adam Horowitz 2007

  • Victor, dressed in a summer-white, floor-length caftan, was chatting with a handsome, muscular woman with long auburn dreadlocks spiraling from under a white gele wrapped around her oval-shaped head.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • A gele can also transport different messages, for example "I am married," or "I am still available."

    Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010

  • Victor, dressed in a summer-white, floor-length caftan, was chatting with a handsome, muscular woman with long auburn dreadlocks spiraling from under a white gele wrapped around her oval-shaped head.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • My reasons for not liking weddings are not far fetched, I detest Aso Ebi and gele stuff, to crown it all, they will make the bride subjective in all their programs by telling her stuff like respect and submit to your husband and making her serve him on her knees (feeding of cake and wine) without remembering to tell the husband his Godly roles in the marriage.

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • A gele can also transport different messages, for example "I am married," or "I am still available."

    Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010

  • Amoda is taking a satirical approach on West African habits and society by creating a gele that is made out of pieces of metal he found in his home country.

    Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010

  • Amoda is taking a satirical approach on West African habits and society by creating a gele that is made out of pieces of metal he found in his home country.

    Lia Petridis Maiello: The Museum of Arts and Design Is Dissolving the Idea of Africa "As We Know It" Lia Petridis Maiello 2010

  • My reasons for not liking weddings are not far fetched, I detest Aso Ebi and gele stuff, to crown it all, they will make the bride subjective in all their programs by telling her stuff like respect and submit to your husband and making her serve him on her knees (feeding of cake and wine) without remembering to tell the husband his Godly roles in the marriage.

    The Wedding 2008

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