African Moments

South Sudan. Dinka woman.

Nigeria. Woman holding tomatoes in a market in Lagos.

Kenya. A local miller prepares maize outside his grinding mill in Kibera slums of Nairobi.

“Our best seeds and our dearest fields are our children”,  (Cheik H. Kane, Senegalese writer).

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We borrow it from our children”, (Gikuyu  proverb - Kenya).

Nigeria. A barber&#039;s shop in the Makoko slum.

Muslim children learn to read the Quran in Somalia&#039;s capital Mogadishu.

Uganda. Girls carry jerry cans to the wells to fetch water.

“Where there is purpose, there is no failure”, (Lugbanda proverb - Uganda)

South Sudan. The cattle play a central role in Dinka culture and survival.