The home that's a woman's place

by Lydia Limbe

From the gate, it looks like any other rural homestead. Just inside the compound of St Mary’s Village in Sagana, a large avocado tree extends its large branches over a vegetable garden.

Two women are tending to the Sukuma wiki, as they engage in animated chatter. One is bent over, digging with her hoe, while the second one is seated on a low stool as she weeds the vegetables. So engaged are they that they do not notice our presence, until our guide calls one of them by name.

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