In pictures: Fires of Africa

Jean Paul Mangion's photo of children dancing and singing around a bonfire on the eve of a religious festival in Ethiopia is the first in a series of shots on fire in Africa sent in by BBC News website readers.

Coffee being roasted over a fire in Ethiopia's eastern Amhara region is captured in this shot sent in by Adrian Bath, who says the coffee ceremony is a central aspect of Ethiopian social life and hospitality.

Asparuh Kamburov says about his picture taken in Tunisia's Sahara desert: "A cup of strong mint tea for breakfast can make the work in the desert completely different."

A man tunes his drum in Tanzania in front of the flames in this photograph sent in by Jenn Murray.

David Bygott took this shot of a band of Hadzabe hunters sitting around their campfire in a rock shelter near Lake Eyasi in Tanzania

In neighbouring Kenya, a Maasai man blows on some grass to start a fire in Mike Danford's photograph.

Kevin Sutton took this shot of firing up a hot air balloon in Kenya's Maasai Mara park at 5 o'clock in the morning.

Nairobi fireman attempt to put out a blaze in the Kenyan capital's Mathare slum where Stephen Mudiari says fires are almost a daily occurrence...

... in his other photograph, residents work as a team to pour water on the flames. With no accessible roads in the slums, it is difficult for firemen to get access.

Ademolu Onabajo sent this photograph of a fuel tanker in eastern Nigeria which caught fire along the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Express Road. He says it is a "sign of the state of Nigerian roads".

In Langa, a township just outside the South African city of Cape Town, women keep warm by small fires as they prepare sheep's head - a favourite local treat, says Margo Warren.

Sara Kauffman took this shot of Mozambican children listening to Bible stories. For a future gallery send in pictures of shadows in Africa to [e-mail], with "Africa" in the subject field.

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