“THE BURDEN OF AFRICAN WOMAN”

African woman is looked at as the child bearer and entirely child rearing at home rests on her.

Daily, the African woman wakes up as early as 5:00am to make ends meet.

A woman carries ground nuts atop her head and a baby strapped on her back in Adjumani district and the residents believe it’s easy to carry items on their heads rather than by hand or in a backpack according to these photos taken on July. 15, 2012. People prefer this way so that they could use their hands to maneuver difficult terrains and also do other errands with their hands. (Mama Bunia Susan said)

Women in Patabo village carrying their kids at their back & some food with them

Work, work, and work from dawn to sun set to meet the demands of the daily bread.

The African woman takes a lead in the field activities like harrowing, weeding, harvesting and storing all rests on her, yet the men take ownership of the properties at the end.

The burden of an African woman, toiling with her child at the back; going all round looking for wild vegetables collecting firewood after every field work and any other days.

African woman serves the husband with water for bathing and other serves he demands from her yet men only rests after the field work. 

Mama Bunia Susan carrying a child of her son.

At her age, she is burdened with grand children whose mothers and father’s might have been taken up by alcohol. Or sometimes left orphans because of the HIV/AIDS which is the epidemic diseases now as known world-wide.

Sometime, the African woman is involved in harvesting wild white ants from a distance she said.

The burden of African woman, at the end of it all, she may end up been buried at her father’s home because of cultural practices such as bride wealth, dowry or lack of child bearing to mention but a few.

A man & some women busy in their garden field digging. 

She takes active roles in collecting grass and fetching water for the construction of the hut; and yet the man claims he is the pillar of the house.

The burden of African woman.