Simboti

This is the workshop of Simboti in the back of his house. It is a really small space where plain tools and material form a line in a crowded space that does not even take up two Japanese tatami mats.
   
There is a work table full of scrap in the center of the workshop where he sits and works silently.
   
He beats a piece of iron with a hammer on a short piece of a rail installed in a corner of the workshop to make keys.
   
There is small field of corn and rape (Zimbabwean main leaf vegetables) beside the workshop.
   
In the studio of Simboti, there is always a visitor. When friends visit from the neighborhood, they chat about various topics and consult him with their problems, such as family or relationship trouble. Simboti has the trust of the township's people. He often acts as a mediator and listens to both sides of a conflict before coming up with a solution.
   
Everbody describes such Simboti as "an original Shona man". He is proud of his Shona roots and never loses touch with his background and culture.
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