In this photo she is making mandazi, a type of free-form doughnut, hoping to sell breakfast to folks headed to school or work.

In the village in Africa where I visited people, women especially, seemed to often be identified as somebody’s parent. I don’t believe I ever heard this woman’s name. She was the single mother of one of the people we helped with scholarships. Her son, Felix, was starting university about the time this photo was taken. We were helping that family because, in addition to her being a single mother, her house had been burned to the ground a few years earlier, leaving her with nothing.

For That Travel Lady in Her Shoes blog’s Just One Person From Around the World challenge.