Half lying, half sitting, the body of a forgotten African stretches out in the withered steppe grass. Unclothed and defencelessly exposed to the hot sun, his eyes are closed. The brown grass on his head surrounds him like a halo and this grass is the only thing covering his nakedness. His face is characterised by pain. He tilts his head back a little as if in surrender.
The end of a journey that had once begun so hopefully.
When will our governments stop playing with the peoples like on a chessboard?
This picture was created on the basis of several reports from African people I know. All these reports are similar, only the final fates are different, although rarely characterised by satisfaction.
Conceived by Carola Bertler, visualized with AI.
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