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Edith Kaphuka - Ngwale Village, Zomba, Malawi - Nyanja (Global Lives Project, 2007) ~07:00:55 - 07:15:56
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In this clip, morning assembly ends with the national anthem and some physical exercises, and the students file into their classrooms. Edith takes her seat in a desk she shares with her friend Natasha in the last row. The teacher arrives and instructs the students to open their English books to The Hunter and His Dog. The class analyzes an illustration, searches for two words, reads the tale silently, and then answers the first 4 of 5 reading comprehension questions. This is part of a 24-hour recording of a day in the life of Edith Kaphuka, a student from Ngwale Village, Zomba District, Malawi. She was 13 years old at the time of the shoot. Edith Kaphuka was a 13-year-old student at Domasi Mission Primary School in Zomba District, Malawi during her Global Lives Project shoot in 2007. The oldest of four girls, Edith has many responsibilities at her home in Ngwale Village, such as fetching water, cleaning the dishes, and gardening. Her little sister, Memory, is her best friend; when the two are together, they are nearly inseparable. While Edith and her family are Yao, they more readily speak Chichewa, Malawi's national language. This video was produced by Jason Price, Ya-Hsuan Huang,…
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Global Lives Project
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Ngwale Village, Malawi, student, globallivesproject, Global Lives Project, glp, globallives
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