JPG: Photos: "Blackboard, Kande Village, Malawi" by melanie scott

Blackboard, Kande Village, Malawi

Published! In JPG Magazine Issue 13

by melanie scott

Uploaded 13 Sep 2007 — 47 favorites

Malawi is one of Africa's most impoverished countries. This blackboard & chalk were the only tools the teacher had to work with in this overcrowded one-room primary school. The current day's teachings were about the Nile River.

9 responses

melanie scott added a link (16 Sep 2007):
Check out this other photo of a boy's notebook who was copying down the teachings shown on the blackboard... (jpgmag.com)
Penny Nannini gave props (30 Sep 2007):
The image is moving even before knowing the story.
Ryan Pascall gave props (1 Oct 2007):
I was about to add - i hope poeple tie this in with Notebook, Kande Village, Malawi photo but you beat me to it. great work. lovely travel shots. hope you enjoyed your time in africa, cheers blaize
Alexis Gerard gave props (15 Oct 2007):
Beautifully done - simple and evocative. Excellent cropping
Francis Kernan gave props (4 Dec 2007):
simply amazing iam glad it made it into the magazine
Mandolin Davis said (25 Jan 2008):
this is such a great perspective.
Todd Krebs gave props (9 Nov 2008):
sweet shot!!!! Love every bit of it!
Vadim Makoyed said (19 Nov 2008):
I've been to Tanzania, India, Ethiopia... and it is very sad to see in what conditions poor people desperately try to become somebody through education.
Todd Krebs gave props (12 Dec 2009):
came back to your photo a year later and still love it! thanks!!!