Along the smiling coast of Africa, nature abounds and all sorts of sights, smells and sounds reveal the beauty of harmonious living. One of these is the sound of marbles clinking against metal containers—a unique expression of democratic choice in the Gambia. In this west African country, votes are not cast by the push of a button or the filling of a ballot, but by the dropping of a marble in favour of the preferred political party.
Polling officials show the marbles that are used to cast votes in The Gambia's presidential elections in September 2006. Photo: Commonwealth Secretariat/Flickr
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