A Place to Stand

A place to Stand. The realization came quietly, after months of watching, listening, and learning: dignity is not sustained by beauty alone, nor by objects, nor by intention. Sometimes it must be given for it be lived. In our African villages, women have always built, labored, and cared — often carrying the weight of life on their backs, their children beside them. Yet too often, space has not been theirs to claim. Custom and tradition have limited their rights to land and pr