Nyirandikubwayo
I met Nyirandikubwayo on the road, moving with quiet determination as she balanced a full agataro basket of bananas on her head. I stopped her and asked if I could draw her, and she smiled with the calm strength of someone who has lived many difficult days but keeps going.
She told me she has been selling bananas for a year and a half. As a single mother of three children, she walks from morning until evening, going door to door and through neighborhoods so she can earn enough to feed her family. Every day is a journey not just to sell, but to survive, to hope, and to give her children a chance at something better.
Her story stayed with me. In her quiet resilience, I saw the courage of so many Rwandan women who carry both their work and their families on their shoulders. This artwork honors her strength, her dignity, and the love that motivates every step she takes.
She told me she has been selling bananas for a year and a half. As a single mother of three children, she walks from morning until evening, going door to door and through neighborhoods so she can earn enough to feed her family. Every day is a journey not just to sell, but to survive, to hope, and to give her children a chance at something better.
Her story stayed with me. In her quiet resilience, I saw the courage of so many Rwandan women who carry both their work and their families on their shoulders. This artwork honors her strength, her dignity, and the love that motivates every step she takes.
