Collage painting African woman; Mama Africa 2011

Artist: GOF Senegal

Stretched oil on canvas and collage

Height: 17 inches

Width: 38 inches

Description:

From dawn to dusk with a child fastened to her back with a cloth, African women are on the frontline of keeping the household together.

After hours of farm work, they fetch water, set the children about their chores, fetch firewood….

African women work three hours a day longer than the average British woman does on professional and domestic work combined