http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/30618 "His place is that of the movement that suggests to conceive the city not as sedentary place, but as a place of intersection of mobilities" Ghanaian community of Palermo is one of the largest in Italy. In a difficult city like Palermo, where people lives every day, at all levels of society,with phenomena such as the notorious Mafia and crime in general, the desire of life and redemption and the warmth of a migrant community like that of the Ghanaians, seems to be ever more impressive. Women, men, children, elders, keep daily not only trade and economic, but above all social and cultural relations, with other immigrants and with the same Palermo. Thank's to them, entire areas of the city, previously abandoned, are again having identity of places, refund life in the system of those who accept them. which more obvious sign of integration? in a historical period marked by continuous political turmoil and massive migration flows, it is necessary to understand the meaning and the importance of exchanges, acceptance and relationships between people and cultures so different, ever result of an affinity that unites all human beings. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/39400/_DSC1718_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246796/1_small.jpg' /><br />People celebrate a wedding in the parish of St. Chiara<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246796'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246796 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:26:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246796 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246796/1_small.jpg' /><br />People celebrate a wedding in the parish of St. Chiara<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246796'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246838/14_small.jpg' /><br />A man is taken outside the mass at the Waldensian Evangelical Church of Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246838'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246838 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:26:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246838 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246838/14_small.jpg' /><br />A man is taken outside the mass at the Waldensian Evangelical Church of Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246838'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246799/2_small.jpg' /><br />A family is taken before the moment of the baptism of the child, in the Waldensian Evangelical Church of Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246799'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246799 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:06:14 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246799 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246799/2_small.jpg' /><br />A family is taken before the moment of the baptism of the child, in the Waldensian Evangelical Church of Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246799'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246802/3_small.jpg' /><br />Mavis, a ghanaian immigrant, is taken in the streets of the neighborhood<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246802'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246802 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:07:51 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246802 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246802/3_small.jpg' /><br />Mavis, a ghanaian immigrant, is taken in the streets of the neighborhood<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246802'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246805/4_small.jpg' /><br />Girls dancing in a interlude during the political conference organized by the New Patriotic Party, who will run to the 2012 national elections in Ghana, organized to migrants residing in Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246805'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246805 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:11:32 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246805 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246805/4_small.jpg' /><br />Girls dancing in a interlude during the political conference organized by the New Patriotic Party, who will run to the 2012 national elections in Ghana, organized to migrants residing in Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246805'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246808/5_small.jpg' /><br />A wedding ceremony in a typical ghanaian style, the ceremony takes place inside the home of the bride<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246808'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246808 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:12:57 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246808 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246808/5_small.jpg' /><br />A wedding ceremony in a typical ghanaian style, the ceremony takes place inside the home of the bride<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246808'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246847/17_small.jpg' /><br />A ghanaian shop in the main street of the district inhabited by the ghanaian community<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246847'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246847 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246847 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246847/17_small.jpg' /><br />A ghanaian shop in the main street of the district inhabited by the ghanaian community<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246847'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246811/6_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246811'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246811 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246811 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246811/6_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246811'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246844/16_small.jpg' /><br />Addu, an immigrant from Ghana, is taken in the streets of the neighborhood<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246844'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246844 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246844 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246844/16_small.jpg' /><br />Addu, an immigrant from Ghana, is taken in the streets of the neighborhood<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246844'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246814/7_small.jpg' /><br />People pose for a photograph inside a venue frequented by migrant of the ghanaians community<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246814'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246814 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246814 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246814/7_small.jpg' /><br />People pose for a photograph inside a venue frequented by migrant of the ghanaians community<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246814'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246817/8_small.jpg' /><br />A family is taken outside the Waldensian Evangelical Church of Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246817'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246817 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246817 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246817/8_small.jpg' /><br />A family is taken outside the Waldensian Evangelical Church of Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246817'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246841/15_small.jpg' /><br />Ibrahim, a young immigrant from Ghana, is taken in the streets of the neighborhood<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246841'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246841 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246841 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246841/15_small.jpg' /><br />Ibrahim, a young immigrant from Ghana, is taken in the streets of the neighborhood<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246841'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246823/9_small.jpg' /><br />People discuss the entrance of a flat while conducting a wedding ceremony in a typical ghanaian style, the ceremony takes place inside the home of the bride<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246823'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246823 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246823 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246823/9_small.jpg' /><br />People discuss the entrance of a flat while conducting a wedding ceremony in a typical ghanaian style, the ceremony takes place inside the home of the bride<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246823'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246826/10_small.jpg' /><br />Friends comfort a relative of a deceased man in Accra, Ghana's capital, during a funeral ceremony in a gathering place of the ghanaian community in Ballarò<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246826'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246826 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246826 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246826/10_small.jpg' /><br />Friends comfort a relative of a deceased man in Accra, Ghana's capital, during a funeral ceremony in a gathering place of the ghanaian community in Ballarò<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246826'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246850/18_small.jpg' /><br />A man is taken in the streets of the neighborhood<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246850'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246850 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246850 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246850/18_small.jpg' /><br />A man is taken in the streets of the neighborhood<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246850'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246829/11_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246829'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246829 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246829 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246829/11_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246829'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246832/12_small.jpg' /><br />Albert and his wife sing during the celebration of their marriage<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246832'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246832 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246832 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246832/12_small.jpg' /><br />Albert and his wife sing during the celebration of their marriage<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246832'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246835/13_small.jpg' /><br />All the people involved with singing and dancing at a wedding celebrated in the Evangelical Pentecostal communities "The Pilgrim" in Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246835'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246835 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:27:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246835 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246835/13_small.jpg' /><br />All the people involved with singing and dancing at a wedding celebrated in the Evangelical Pentecostal communities "The Pilgrim" in Palermo<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246835'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246853/19_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246853'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246853 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:26:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246853 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246853/19_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246853'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246856/20_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246856'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246856 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:26:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246856 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1246856/20_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1246856'>view full-size image</a> Valentino Bellini