Hi, I’m Bob Thompson, I find and document indigenous horse games and their place in the local society in Africa and Asia. I am going to Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal to trace the last remnants of some of the equine cultures that once stretched across the plains and mountains south of the Sahara.

I use local transport and carry all my equipment. Because little or nothing has been written about the subject, there is no chance to forward plan; so I go to a country, find out the areas that have horses and proceed there to make my enquiries.