Manioc Man is my tribute to the people of Benin, a small and not very well-known West-African country, nestled between Nigeria, Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso. I traveled there in 2014, staying in small clay huts, spending time with local farmers and fishermen and their families, talking about voodoo (Benin is the birthplace of voodoo), slavery (Ouidah in Benin is the heart of African diaspora, slaves got shipped from this place to the Americas), and about a future for Benin.

The man on this photo is Aristide, a manioc farmer in Grand-Popo, a place in the south of Benin, close to the Gulf of Guinea. He grinds the manioc (or cassava) roots to flour, which is then used by the women in the family to cook their meals.

To support local communities I'm donating 15 percent of my earnings to an ngo, that combats malnutrition among kids. Please consider making an offer (or if you don't like the photo but still want to donate to charity: globalgiving.org/projects/nurse-me/).