Cassava Road mother or modern interiors seeking soulful

or modern interiors seeking soulful warmth

while the bold contrast of colours highlights strength

Her painted face carries the geometric visual language that has made the region’s cultural traditions globally recognised

With her crown of textured curls and floral earrings echoing the lilies around her

Cassava Road mother or modern interiors seeking soulfulCassava Road: Art on Congo's Food Security, Women's Agricultural Labor, and the Sacred Work of Cassava Cultivation in Congo Villages. This striking composition captures Congolese women carrying baskets of cassava root on their heads along a red Congo earth path, revealing how women's agricultural labor remains invisible backbone sustaining Congo's food security and village economies.