Galleries | Search | Lightbox | Cart | Client Area
1 of 1
Women come back from working at sunset. Transplanting rice is a grueling task in the small village of Dembel Jumpora in Guinea Bissau, West Africa. Girls begin at the age of 7 to work the fields with hand hoes because there are no tractors or machinery in this remote village. They spend long days with their backs bent ploughing and often find leeches clinging to their feet while working in the harsh sun.

GuineaBissau02.jpg

Women come back from working at sunset. Transplanting rice is a grueling task in the small village of Dembel Jumpora in Guinea Bissau, West Africa. Girls begin at the age of 7 to work the fields with hand hoes because there are no tractors or machinery in this remote village. They spend long days with their backs bent ploughing and often find leeches clinging to their feet while working in the harsh sun.

© Ami vitale


Keywords:
rural
poverty
agricultural
land
circumcision
traditions
culture
Fulani
Pulaar
West Africa
Guinea Bissau
Developing
women
rights
humanity
circumsion
ritual
rites
passage
girl
child
religion
Islam
Muslim
youth
women
horizontal
b/w
black and white
silhouette
grey
gray
rain