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The Usambara Project: Landscapes of Continuity and Change in the West Usambara Mountains, c. 1910: Bumbuli Kaya and Surroundings, c. 1914
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Bumbuli Kaya and Surroundings, c. 1914
The image shows a closeup of the Bumbuli Kaya with children in front. It’s one of the few landscape images with any people in it. This one captures several kids on pathway above a large collection of traditionally built houses at the Bumbuli Kaya. The kids’ curiosity seems to have gotten the better of their fear.
The enlargement shows a settlement style likely present in the mountains for many centuries. The compound is large enough to contain a lineage house hold whose head controls access to local horticultural space. Several compounds like this one located within sight of each other formed a closely-knit community tied together by marriage, ritual, and social obligations.