A photographic project to give a voice to the more than 1,000 orphans living on the streets of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.
30×30, hard cover, 120 pages 170gr .
Thousands of underage girls live in a situation of abandonment on the streets of the capital of one of the worst countries in the world in which to be a child. Victims of violence and mistreatment, they are forced into prostitution, to which must be added the mistrust and neglect of the local population and authorities, which inevitably condemns them to social invisibility.
But the girls like to talk about their dreams rather than fears or illnesses. Dreams like that of Habba Stevens, who is studying to be a doctor, which is why she goes to school in the mornings. "I want to dedicate myself to helping people," she says. Dreams like Isatu Kamara's, who wants to get off the street, go back to school and become a lawyer. "To help girls like us and also for the money," she justifies with a smile.
(...) Some areas of Mabella are not easily accessible. You have to walk a long way to get to the house where Habba and her companions live. Night has already taken over this area of the city, with no artificial lighting, and the roads are narrow and dark, made of dirt, full of pedestrians and surrounded by itinerant stalls selling all kinds of items that cause small but numerous crowds. The girls' shed is located in one of the narrowest streets. You have to enter it in single file. (...)
(...) "Look at the ceiling," he orders as he points to a large gap between the tin through which stars and a dark sky are now visible. "There are holes everywhere. We get wet when it rains. And it always smells bad in here. Rats wake us up at night. We catch them and throw them out. We often say that this is a war between us and them, and that we are the ones who have to win it," she says. And they all laugh.
A book that gets their voices out of the Slum and into the world.
It denounces violence, machismo, helplessness and isolation.
A tool to name the 1,000 girls living helplessly and invisibly on the streets of Sierra Leone
Girls with no Name will be a tool to get their message across the world.
Agnes Kamara. 17 years old.
1.800 W of light distributed in 3 autonomous Flash heads, 6×7 photographic film for 120pgs of 170gr enameled printed in 4 inks, hard cover in a very careful edition. About 50 interviews in almost two months of coexistence with a harsh reality shown from all its facets. The testimonies of the girls contrasted with social workers, politicians, policemen, doctors, lawyers...
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