cover image: New house being built in Kaputa village

New house being built in Kaputa village

1976

The house was being built of small, oven-fired bricks, with locally made doors and window frames. A closer look at the roof reveals how long sticks and string are woven to form the basis of the grass-thatched roof. 6840-03 Nsemiwe, Nsumbu Nov '76 Kaputa, Kasongole - November 1976
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Authors

Cancel, Robert

Collection
Zambian Storytellers
Place Discussed
Kaputa District, Northern Province, Zambia Zambia
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Zambia
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