It's mango season in Sudan when big, green mangoes hang precariously from the trees like ornaments on a Christmas tree, and full, yellow mangoes fall to the ground bursting with juice and intense flavor. When a mango lands on a tin roof it sounds like a brick has fallen from the sky and every kid within earshot of the mango will sprint to be the first one to snatch it; watching the kids clamor for them is a spectacle. Even some of the adult staffers will chase down a mango! After watching this happen multiple times a day for the past couple months I'm convinced that it was a mango that Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat in the Garden of Eden.
unripe mangoes hang on thin stems
ripe, yellow mangoes taunt us from the very tops of the trees
Mambu uses a stick to knock some mangoes out of the tree while the kids eagerly watch.
part of the latest mango harvest
Josephine slices a mango for the kids to share.
All the kids wait for a piece of the mango that Grace is cutting.
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