Housing for tea plantation workers (Kericho)
February 24, 2008 by Jerry Riley
Kericho, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, December 2007.
A Housing for tea plantation workers. I think I was attracted to the orderliness of this hillside; the neat rows of dwellings made it look like some kind of suburb, families nestled together, laundry on the lines. I like pictures with this kind of organized density and this picture is speaking to work organization as well as social networks and economic patterns. A The white buildings and green roofs and ground create excellent tonal contrast.
J. Riley/Riley Fine Art Photography ©2007
After school i worked in the tea estates as a tea worker at Sotik Highlands Tea Estate and such a photo gives me the memory back.I enjoyed and sufferd greatly in the estates but such houses always gave us hope.
i know everything in the estates,yes even today the bus passed nearby the estates and i had a wonderful memory.
Thanks for these great memories.
The literary Thug