Honorable Mention
Kilimanjaro girl and her umbrella
DESCRIPTION
This sweet little girl, from my tribe- the Chagga people from the lower elevations of mount Kilimanjaro- was on her way to school on a very rainy morning, carrying the local umbrella- a water yam leaf...Her mom covered her with a kanga- the traditional women wear- to protect her from getting her school uniform all wet, and I couldn't resist asking her to stop long enough for me to take the photo. I f I win, I will use the award money to pay for her school fees.
AUTHOR
I've been wandering around East Africa since 1993, and been spending most of my time in Tanzania for the last 3 years.I'm gathering the stories of the old traditions of the tribal way of life, in a changing world.
Ceremonies, rites of passage, community values, ancient crafts- Africa has so much to teach us Western people, so much to remind us- as we were all a tribe once.
