What does freedom look like in Africa?
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Chemistry teacher Liz Boakes was in Kenya when she took this picture of a Maasai man helping a young boy from one of the cities to find the safest place to stand in the hot springs of Lake Magadi. It made her think of the tremendous pressure on young people to choose between a traditional lifestyle or adapting to a Western one.
Kerry Anne Moseley, 21, was in the Zabula private game reserve in South Africa when she pictured this giraffe up close. She says: The image represents the specific freedom a giraffe has to reach places no other animal can; it also represents the freedom he allows me to capture him doing so."
For Taniya Morris this dhow mooring on a pristine sandbar in Pangani in Tanzania encapsulated what freedom was about. She took the image while on a four-year expedition through the African continent. "That was freedom."
Johannesburg resident Craig Pillay felt extremely free when he visited Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was pictured with his son looking for a spot to fish.
Alice Oleya Jino, 24, escaped her troubles by visiting South Sudan's Fulla Falls in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria State, with loved ones. She says: "To me freedom is about having an inner peace and outer peace based on sound mind. This gives me the ability to enjoy the environment."
South African Roberto Pietropaolo is proud of being part of a post-apartheid generation. He said the man in the photo - a friend's stepfather - was using a wig to show his housekeeper how they are not different at all.
This picture of a woman driving her tractor from the markets to her farm in Lusaka was the perfect shot of freedom for Zambian Shalala Oliver Sepiso. He says it represents many freedoms - including that of the ability to drive, make a living and not to show off unnecessarily.
Ghanaian Dickson Fiifi Dzansi, 32, returned home one day feeling dejected and lonely. However, this beautiful butterfly waiting on the wall in Accra was a source of inspiration. "This photo shows no matter the problems you have, remain inspired, motivated, beautiful. Don't allow anything to stop you from shining. This is freedom."
Georgia Anne Haye took this picture of a Madiba sculpture in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She says: "I cried when former South African President Nelson Mandela died - he was the epitome of what one will do to be free."
Kenyan Rogers Javan Inzaukhi, 37, was at a retreat in Wasini Island when he took this picture of his friend Gaston diving into the ocean. He says: "I can say we have come far in Kenya. We now have freedom of speech." Email your images of freedom around the world to freedom@bbc.co.uk
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