Betty Mixed Media Portrait - (***Sold***)

Betty was born in Sudan, and arrived in Kyangwali as a young child where she lived with her grandmother. Due to her good grades in school, she was selected to attend a boarding school in the nearby town of Hoima where she continued to excel academically. After Sauti was completed, Betty finished her secondary education and now hopes to attend university in Kampala to study engineering or social work. Her resettlement case remains open. Betty is remarkably resilient. In a poignant moment in Sauti, she discusses the challenges of completing her education by referencing a metaphor of not having soap to wash her hands. She explains that she will wash with water anyway and states affirmatively “one day I will get that soap.”

Karen Fisher incorporated soap paper from Kyangwali into the bottom left section of the portrait. Another special element is the “matoke” (plantain) plant, which hangs in the background. Betty’s grandmother harvests matoke in the film.