A street scene in Berat, Albania © Janina Stromfield/shotbywomen

The entrance to the Freedom Tree garden, with the freedom tree in the centre. The freedom tree is a fig, and slaves were granted their freedom if they got as far as here and touched it. Formerly known... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

The Wooden House, Janjanbureh (formerly Georgetown). Of great historical significance to the Gambians, as it is the first wooden structure to be built by Africans immigrating from Liberia. All the str... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

A warehouse reputed to be associated with slave trading in the centre of Janjanbureh. Formerly known as Georgetown, Janjanbureh sits on an island just under 300km from the mouth of the River Gambia. I... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

As the sun rises over the River Gambia upstream at Janjanbureh, a young woman washes clothes with river water in time-honoured fashion. Over her shoulder (out of shot) a gleaming steel phone mast towe... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen