File:Child labor, Artisan Mining in Kailo Congo.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(3,008 × 2,000 pixels, file size: 4.97 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Description

The mine was a challenge to my preconceptions.

In Kailo they mine wolframite and casserite. Before the war the mines were operated by a state run company, the defunct infrastructure can be glimpsed under bushes and vines. The company still has a smart office in the centre of the village, but instead of mining they take a percentage of the proceeds of the artisan miners and the traders. Most of the workers are from the area, although I met some from the province of Kasai.

Children were working with their parents, helping with panning for the ore, carrying and selling goods to the workers. The mine is made up of widely dispersed open pits. Most pits were 4 to 10 metres deep with the occasional 25 metre pit. Next to the pits were the temporary huts of the workers. There did not appear to be the squalor or disease that we find in gold mines. Although there were ‘maison de tolerance’ as they are politely called here with the associated risks of sexual diseases, AIDS and child prostitution.

Child labor in sub-Saharan Africa.
Date
Source Flickr: Mining in Kailo
Author Julien Harneis
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 24 July 2012, 14:39 by Lisa.davis. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the license indicated.
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current14:39, 24 July 2012Thumbnail for version as of 14:39, 24 July 20123,008 × 2,000 (4.97 MB)Flickr upload bot (talk | contribs)Uploaded from http://flickr.com/photo/16935515@N00/1873057946 using Flickr upload bot

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Child_labor,_Artisan_Mining_in_Kailo_Congo.jpg&oldid=856222877"