Congo is a very male-centric society. The men think they run the place, but they don’t. It’s ladies like these that make the world go round in Congo (and beyond). These ladies, probably the wives of the man of the house, spend their entire day growing food, picking food, preparing food, serving food, cleaning up and …
This is a photo that I took of the school across the street from Antonio’s house in Kananga. In the rainy season, these kids missed a lot of school. Antonio, being the big-hearted man that he is, ended up putting a roof on the school soon after this picture was taken. This school was actually in …
This is another early photo from my time in Congo. I was visiting Lumumba health center outside of Kananga, which could only be reached by moto. My then new friend, Antonio, who would later become the father of my children, drove me out there on his Yamaha dirt bike. He parked the moto at the …