Kiatu = Swahili = shoe. In a country where shoes are not a given.
The artist Gerd Stritzel encounters unusual people and situations in Tanzania. Unusual situations that make you think. A young woman in Tanzania wears a shoe on her head. She wears shoes on her back, in front of her chest and in her hands. She is a street vendor of used shoes.
Thanks to the art of Gerd Stritzel, the seemingly absurd situation comes to our attention. The everyday in one place becomes absurd in another. The young African woman proudly wears used shoes from Europe on her head with a smile. The picture provides an insight into the world of the street vendor in Tanzania. In Africa, our old shoes start a new life.
