People in Namibia's slums:
Natural beauty in African slums

In Ovamboland I lived with Salmi and her sisters. It didn't take me long to get used to the crowded intimacy of sleeping two or tree in each bed - even though I have for years been used to the hysteric Victorian values toward nudity among both black and white Americans, who do not even breast feed in public.
 

Natural beauty in African slums

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Photos by Jacob Holdt, Copenhagen, Denmark