Question

What shows the extent of the suffering in the poem her head

Answer 1

Drought has ravaged the settlement named Ekuvukeni in the province of Natal in South Africa. Life has become gruelling, especially for the womenfolk who have to bear the brunt of the unkind Nature. As wells and water bodies have dried up in the parched land, a woman has to walk long distance to fetch water from distant wells. She brings the water by keeping the pail on her head. One such woman has attracted the author’s sympathetic attention.