HeadStrong: The Women of Rural Uganda
The youngest who is profiled is only 10 years old. Her name is Jovia Aber, and she works at a quarry on the weekends to pay for school supplies. She wants to be a doctor. The oldest is Akello Olga. She’s 74 and has been breaking stones to gravel for 28 years at the equivalent of 32 cents per day. They are two of almost four dozen women featured at Springfield’s Emerald Art Center in Dan Nelken’s photo exhibit HeadStrong: The Women of Rural Uganda. Nelken, a longtime portrait photograph...
Beatrice Lamwaka Akello Olga Dan Nelken Jovia Aber Emerald Art Center Springfield Emerald Art Center
Source: eugeneweekly.com