Vi Menn
27 April, 2011
A young Wagenya girl catches fish using an age-old method, diving into rapids on the Congo River with a net, and holding her catch in her mouth.
Johnny Haglund
Johnny Haglund was born in Norway in 1965. He studied as an engineer, but discovered he was not made to spend his life working between four walls. Since 1988, he has traveled the...
Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo
A young Wagenya girl catches fish using an age-old method, diving into rapids on the Congo River with a net, and holding her catch in her mouth, as that is most certain to prevent its escape. The Wagenya live at a point in the river—near the city of Kisangani in northern Democratic Republic of Congo—where rock banks create a series of cataracts. They have been a fishing people for generations.
