America through Water�s eyes

“My people never imagined they could travel this far,” says Tumeletso Setlabosha, the man widely known only as ‘Water’. He is referring to the people of Jao - a small village island in the heart of the Okavango Delta where he was born.

In Jao or Jedibe as the locals sometimes refer to the place, there is nothing, the only concrete structure found there is a Health Post they call “Clinic Ya Ga Iyene”. There are no schools, no shops, no cars, the airstrip has grown anthills and transport from Jao to anywhere outside the island is via a small boat or hand poled mokoro.