Winners of the Alfred Fried Photography Award 2017
Milaya - Patterns of Home
In August 2017, the millionth refugee from South Sudan entered Uganda in escape from the war. With most of the refugees being women and children and leaving during shootings at night, their bedsheets, called Milaya, are often one of the few things they carry with them. The handmade patterns have been made in South Sudan for generations and the tradition of the Milayas continues in what has become their temporary home while waiting for the war to end. Bidibidi in northwestern Uganda, with its more than 270 000 people, is considered one of the world's largest refugee settlements. In these pictures the women from South Sudan are posing in front of the sheets they managed to bring when fleeing their home and the war of the world's youngest country.
Photos by Nora Lorek
In August 2017, the millionth refugee from South Sudan entered Uganda in escape from the war. With most of the refugees being women and children and leaving during shootings at night, their bedsheets, called Milaya, are often one of the few things they carry with them. The handmade patterns have been made in South Sudan for generations and the tradition of the Milayas continues in what has become their temporary home while waiting for the war to end. Bidibidi in northwestern Uganda, with its more than 270 000 people, is considered one of the world's largest refugee settlements. In these pictures the women from South Sudan are posing in front of the sheets they managed to bring when fleeing their home and the war of the world's youngest country.
Photos by Nora Lorek
