Fazal Sheikh
Traditional birthing attendant, Nyirabahire Esteri, holding newborns Nsabimana (“I beg something from God”) and Mukanzabonimpa (“God will grant me, but I don’t know when”), flanked by mothers Kanyange, Mukabatazi, and Mukabatazi’s mother, Rwandan refugee camp, Lumasi, Tanzania

Traditional birthing attendant, Nyirabahire Esteri, holding newborns Nsabimana (“I beg something from God”) and Mukanzabonimpa (“God will grant me, but I don’t know when”), flanked by mothers Kanyange, Mukabatazi, and Mukabatazi’s mother, Rwandan refugee camp, Lumasi, Tanzania

© Fazal Sheikh

Traditional birthing attendant, Nyirabahire Esteri, holding newborns Nsabimana (“I beg something from God”) and Mukanzabonimpa (“God will grant me, but I don’t know when”), flanked by mothers Kanyange, Mukabatazi, and Mukabatazi’s mother, Rwandan refugee camp, Lumasi, Tanzania
Traditional birthing attendant, Nyirabahire Esteri, holding newborns Nsabimana (“I beg something from God”) and Mukanzabonimpa (“God will grant me, but I don’t know when”), flanked by mothers Kanyange, Mukabatazi, and Mukabatazi’s mother, Rwandan refugee camp, Lumasi, Tanzania
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Traditional birthing attendant, Nyirabahire Esteri, holding newborns Nsabimana (“I beg something from God”) and Mukanzabonimpa (“God will grant me, but I don’t know when”), flanked by mothers Kanyange, Mukabatazi, and Mukabatazi’s mother, Rwandan refugee camp, Lumasi, Tanzania
Date1994
Place depictedNgara, Tanzania
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsFrame (outer): 25 3/8 × 20 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (64.5 × 51.1 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jane P. Watkins
Object number2021.476
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ProvenanceJane P. Watkins, Ketchum, Idaho; given to MFAH, 2021.

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