Sibikino (II), a photo from Nord-Kivu, North

Photographer's Note

Rwanda genocide

Child in the refugee field of Kibumba

Today I present the original from the first photo I post.
As I said Sibikino is a Kinyarwanda name from a boy I knew in Rwanda in 1996, suffering from Kwashiorkor (chronic lack of proteins).
The boy I present in this photo is a refugee from the refugee field of Kibumba.
I named Sibikino (one day I'll present) because the Kinyarwanda name means : Don't play with me.

It's a tribute to children...

It's a tribute to Earth

Photo/scan - July 1994

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xuaxo (6830) 2008-03-22 12:33

Olá José,
Em termos de documentário desta triste realidade, esta foto assim completa ficou melhor, porque dá para ver (e imaginar) um pouco melhor o ambiente circundante.
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"Kwashiorkor (chronic lack of proteins)."?
Até parece que estamos noutro planeta, quando penso que este fim-de-semana pascal há uma boa porção de gente ingerindo excesso de proteínas.

Um abraço,
F

Tika (72) 2008-03-25 13:59

Olá, José.
É impossível ficar indiferente a este olhar... e a esta realidade. Um abraço
Helena

COSTANTINO (42746) 2008-03-26 8:39

Hi JOSE,
a PHOTO without words...
Two small eyes of a little child that
lookat the people of today...
What are they looking at?
Nice photo realy and thanks to you
Costantino