Ackim Banda

Ackim is 19 years old and is just starting out as a craftsman. He starts his trade carving ebony hippos.

Kabwata Cultural Village

Set within Zambia's capital Lusaka, Kabwata Cultural Village is fast becoming one of Zambia’s best outlets for arts and crafts and has become a major stop off for travelers & tourists passing through Lusaka looking to buy tradition Zambian crafts. Many of the craftsmen specialise in wooden figures or animal carvings and have more recently by demand turned their hand to elegant contemporary figurines and the much loved "thinkers"

Kabwata Craftsmen

Most of the craftsman are sent to school by their families. They learn their crafts from their fathers, helping out when they are not in school. They eventually drop out of school and take to carving full time as a means of making a living. The skills are passed on from father to son.