The women of Kennedy Road

The last few weeks Amanda Alexander, Andile Mnguni and I have been running a photography and writing project with women in Kennedy Road. The project has turned out to be an amazing experience, not only for the fact that we are finally hearing from the women who are so often marginalized within the greater movement here.
The women absolutely poured over the images they made. It was great to hear from these women, young and old, about the experiences of what they are facing in the Jondolos. Their pictures told so many stories: women working, caring for children, waiting in lines for water, doing the washing, standing on garbage heaps, caring for their HIV positive relatives....and pictures of children playing, sleeping, eating, living. Their stories told of the realities of living in the shack settlements. Here is a teaser from Saturday's workshop.
An exhibition of their work is planned at the University to coincide with a lecture by Pregs Govender on the Zuma rape trial on May 18th.