Gogo Getters

Die Großmütter in Südafrika ziehen viele ihrer Enkel und elternlose Kinder auf. Denn die mittlere Generation der Südafrikaner stirbt oft an Aids. Bei den Gogo (Großmutter) Getters haben sie sich zusammen geschlossen und spielen sogar Fußball.

In Orange Farm, in einem Township 40 Kilometer südlich von Johannesburg, ist ihr Spielfeld. Der Fotograf Andrew Esiebo hat eindrucksvolle Bilder von Großmüttern und ihren Enkeln gemacht, hier http://www.andrewesiebo.com/gogo1.htm

Er schreibt: „‚Alter Gogo‘ is a diptych portrait series featuring a group of grandmothers who are members of the Gogo Getters Football Club in Orange Farm, South Africa. For them, playing football is more than a recreational activity; it’s also had a profound social and physical impact on their lives. In a community plagued with social and physiological problems like high unemployment, crime, alcoholism, diabetes and high-blood pressure, football serves as a salve. And all too often in collective imaginary, African women are located in the sphere of tradition and oppression, especially when they reach old age. With the grandmothers’ regalia and their proud postures both on the pitch and at home, “Alter Gogo” creates a powerful socio-cultural scenario in which soccer is the means and expression of a new gender and generation identity.“