The Sweeper
A man sweeps a paved path within the grounds of the Kampala Sheraton Hotel in Uganda’s capital city.
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Chopping Firewood
A bare chested Emmanuel chops some firewood at a farm in Lugari, Kenya.
Mr Fix It
Technicians hard at work setting up the runway and steps for the Tribe Hotel’s annual Tribal Chic Fashion Show on the 8th of May 2010.
Making it to the Petrol Station
A conductor of a stalled matatu (public transportation van) helps push it to a petrol station after it ran out of fuel on a Nairobi highway.
The Construction Team
Workers at a construction site in Westlands maneuver a pillar support into place.
Branding 101
Two men paint the signage of a commercial building in Soy, Kenya.
An Uphill Task
AGRICULTURE-AFRICA: Calls for Sustainable Green Revolution
By Wambi Michael
KAMPALA, Jul 4, 2009 (IPS) – Africa needs a Green Revolution, but one that will increase agricultural productivity by using practices that build soil fertility while minimising harm to the environment.
Organic farmers, traders and researchers from are pushing organic agriculture as suitable for Africa because it is based [...]
A Family That Farms Together…
The Days of Small Beginnings
Joshua’s family are amazing, an example of small but significant contributions to the challenges that face Africa today. They have banded together to develop a cooperative small holder cooperative farming venture for their community in Western Kenya. Despite the fact that this is an affluent middle class, urban family, they have [...]
Bodaboda Conversation
A man speaks to a mechanic as he fixes his motorcycle (bodaboda) in Matunda, a small town in Western Kenya.
Outdoor Car Wash
Workers clean cars along Thika Road in Ruaraka on the outskirts of Nairobi as owners look on.
All in a Day’s Work
Endgame. By Samuel Beckett
CLOV (fixed gaze, tonelessly):
Finished, it’s finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished.
(Pause.)
Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there’s a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap.
(Pause.)
I can’t be punished any more.
(Pause.)
I’ll go now to my kitchen, ten feet by ten feet by ten feet, and wait for [...]
Fix My Ride
A man looks on as workmen repair his bicycle in Matunda, Kenya.
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