A Kenyan woman standing in a surreal underwater landscape surrounded by fishes. Illustration by Minority Africa, used with permission. This story was written by Jackson Okata and originally published by Minority Africa on July 18, 2024. An abridged version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. Emelda has been a fishmonger at Lake Victoria’s Dunga beach in Kisumu city, 165 miles west of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, for the past 27 years. The mother of five says her late brother, a fisherman, introduced her to the business. “After completing high school, I was unable to join …
