Storytelling/History performances at Nsemiwe village, near Nsama

Men from East Africa settled in this village and married local Tabwa women. The men preserve remnants of Islam as well as the Swahili language. Village was originally named after its first headman/chief: Abdullah bin Sulimani. Men wearing caps are Muslims and descendant of Yeke slave traders from East Africa.

• 1976

• Cancel, Robert

6840-02 Moto Moto / Scenes around Kaputa Kasongole, Nsemiwe 1976

• Nsama, Kaputa District, Northern Province, Zambia
• Zambia

• Photography

• Bicycles
• Caps (headgear)
• Children
• Islam
• Oral tradition--Africa
• Shade (light-related concept)
• Slavery
• Storytellers
• Storytelling
• Swahili (African people)
• Swahili culture
• Tabwa culture
• Villages
• Youth
• Zambian culture

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Shared Shelf: 199065

• Cancel, Robert

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2021-09-30