This bag is intricately crafted by hand, one stitch at a time, using hessian fibre. It features a hand-cut leather shoulder belt, and is closed using a drawstring cotton closure. The bag was given the name ‘Mwedzi’, meaning moon in the Shona language, due to its crescent shape.
The memories of a childhood spent making and crafting came flooding back to Chido Kaseke during a volunteering stint at her mother and aunt’s handicra ...