A shy girl in Lugari District poses for a portrait.
“She’s a rich girl…she don’t try to hide it…diamonds on the soles of her shoes.
He’s a poor boy, empty as a pocket, empty as a pocket with nothing to lose…” Paul Simon. Lyrics of “Diamonds on the Soles of her shoes” from the Graceland Album.
Vivian walks on diamonds….because she comes from Africa….the land where diamonds lay like pebbles on empty streets.
Africa is rich and this is her inheritance ….one day. Those poor men, from countries that come to steal from Africa, mining minerals without shame for their greed against the sacred soil. They will one day return home empty as Africa reclaims her prize…….
This is beautiful. The image and the words. They illuminate each other. . . And me as well.
She’s a beautiful princess!
SO glad you see it too….something in her eyes offers a promise of Africa that is still unjaded and gives us hope