group portrait young ghanaian herdsmen

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Group portrait of young Ghanaian herdsmen

Ghana, village Sandeman. Group portrait of two Ghanaian herds, cowherds, sitting, riding on a donkey, the vehicle of choice in northern Ghana. One boy is looking proud and the other shy, straight into the camera. These boys herding livestock, the cattle of their family. These shepherds go almost not to school. Child labor is widespread in Ghana, Africa, and is a violation of the rights of the child, children. Because of the continuing drought and thus drying out of the soil, earth, it becomes increasingly difficult to provide adequate feed for the cattle.