Transkei, South Africa, 1976
Photograph by James P. Blair
“A life apart is endured by millions of black women, such as these in a Transkei village. The only man in the house is their retired father, left; their miner husbands live far away. The men send home a meager $12 [U.S.] a month. When they return—once a year—to the family hearth, they often find sadness as well as warmth. In the impoverished homelands, 60 percent of all children are malnourished, and many die each year.”
—From “South Africa’s Lonely Ordeal,” June 1977, National Geographic magazine
Transkei，南非，1976
James P. Blair拍摄
上百万的黑人妇女忍受着一种和家人分离的生活，就像这些在一个Transkei村庄的人一样。留在这房子里唯一的男人是他们已经退休的父亲，她们的矿工丈夫们住在很远的地方。这些男人们每个月向家里寄来可怜的12美元。当他们一年一度回到自家的灶台前的时候，在感觉到温暖的同时他们也经常感到悲伤。在这个贫穷的故乡，百分之六十的儿童营养不良，每年都有许多会因此死亡。
——引自《国家地理杂志》1977年6月《南非的孤独考验》一文
