Have a deep look into the eyes of this boy from Katutura Township in Windhoek, I couldn`t tell you more…

I met this little boy in a kindergarden in the township of Katutura in Windhoek Namibia. We just arrived in Windhoek in the late afternoon and were already sitting at the back of an old Land Rover Defender and in the middle of Katutura. It is hot and windy and all the different still strange smells are around me and I´m getting drawn into Africa and into Katutura. One moment before I was still a European in Europe and right now I´m a white guy in a black township. The next moment the defender stops directly in front of a kindergarden and seconds later I´m surrounded by a crowd of kids inside, curious and friendly kids – some curious because of my skin colour, some as I´m a complete stranger from far far away and some because of my camera in front of me. Everybody was running around me, coming close directly in front of the lense, because nobody knows how a camera works, but everybody wants to come close and try to understand how the camera works and of course all oft hem want to see the pictures.

But one boy is different his facial and hand expression is still a mystery for but. He has that certain something, he is different, I don`t know why, but he clearly is. He is one of many living proofs to me, you can achieve everything what you want to regardless of origin. I do have that feeling that this kid plays an important role in the future and he will know how to play…