Going through the length and breadth of the African continent, it is not uncommon to see women engage in tedious and challenging tasks or endeavor such as farming, fishing, carpentry, cobbling, just like her male counterpart.
The African woman is naturally disposed to taking challenging jobs or responsibilities in a bid to complement the effort of her husband and make the family self-sufficient. This might not be unconnected with the high rate of poverty and limited resources available. This is a rear virtue common to only the African woman.
So, while on a voyage to discover some of the challenging professions engaged in by most African women, I found this industrious African woman, who defying all odds to do House Painting – a supposedly man’s profession.
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