I took this picture early in the morning from a moving car at Mwananyamala in Dar es Salaam. Most probably the family had already taken breakfast because the woman with her back on the camera was washing utensils. A majority of the inhabitants in this place are low income earners. The white and pink pales are containers used to fetch water as most houses in this area are not supplied with piped water or for those that have the pipes run dry. You may wonder why the lady has to do the cleaning at door and dressed with her bosom exposed..
I like this post for this is so true of Dar. In fact with the power rationing, sometimes one has all the disadvantages of village life (no power, no water) with none of the advantages (clean air, caring community). Why does the lady sit like this? Perhaps she doesn't realise how exposed she is ... with neighbours so close by (especially is Uswazi) it is easy to do so.
ReplyDeleteThank you Veronica for your insight. The question therefore is, 'why do people leave the village where life is relatively cheap and decent to come to the city to leave a more miserable life?
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