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At the borehole…
3:26
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Recordist's notes
On the way, we are passing a few homesteads, getting drawn into conversations, and then joined on the way to the borehole, where some other women from the village are already busy pumping... It’s a “heavy borehole” the women say, the water only comes slowly, reluctantly and after much labour of four women pumping… From: http://both-sides-of-the-zambezi.tumblr.com/
Context
This recording was made away from larger towns, about 143 km from the nearest city in our gazetteer.
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Sources & credits
- “Lupane, Zimbabwe - At the borehole…” by radio continental drift – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0