The miraculous Dr. Kunta

On my trip through Malawi, I was regularly impressed by the craftsmanship and creativity of the people. As soon as something breaks, they repair it themselves using the simplest of materials available. Their clothes, some of which are sewn in their own homes, often look like high-quality designer goods. And the people’s ideas for entrepreneurial activity are often remarkable. However, the bizarre selection of help offered by a certain Doctor Kunta in the southern Malawian city of Blantyre seemed to me, for all of its originality, less creative than highly questionable.

Blantyre (Malawi), August 2018