Life Expectancy Of Women In West Africa Is 59. Those Over 60 Were Asked

Women across west Africa have a life expectancy of 59. In a rare project, Sylvia Arthur set out to give voice to those who have lived beyond expectation, whose experiences have been largely overlooked Addra insists that his aunt, Anyessi Dossou, does not have a story to tell. Shes just an old woman whos never left the village, he says, as he guides us along dirt tracks in fading light to her home in Avlo, Benin. When Dossou, in her early 80s, emerges from her room in the compound house she shares with generations of her extended family, the conversation begins hesitantly. I told you, Addra says.