Clarence Williams: The Army’s Appeal in a War-Torn Land

Photo Gallery

all photos © Clarence Williams

Figure 1.  Officers watch as the recruits in training march by.

 

Figure 2.   Ntirandekura, 16, who is not a member of the Burundian army, poses

                 with his handmade gun in the village of Bandaga. The uniform he wears

                 and the bullets he shoots were given to him by the army.  "They have

                 told me to come register. I think I will be a soldier in days to come .... I

                 can't be afraid of dying because even if they find me at home they can

                 kill me."

 

Figure 3.   With documents in hand, a young man stares intensely at his

                 interviewer. Hundreds turned out for the recruitment at the Muramvya

                 Training Camp.