Nyumba Ntobhu - women marrying women in Musoma

One of six documentaries by young women in the Mgongowazi series from 2004.Credits: Sara Alex, Yasinta Matarash, Kassim Mustafa, Lars Johansson, Anna Sabelström

Gravedigger

Changaa. Alcohol in the Kisumu slum.

Mgongowazi Trailer

House Girl

In Tanzania, millions - yes, millions is no exaggeration - of teenage girls from poor, rural families are sent to town to work in households for little more than food and shelter. Most of them don't go to school. Many are sexually abused.This film is one of six documentaries made by young women around Lake Victoria in the Mgongowazi project.

Bees & flowers song

Kilimani no 4

Piga Mswaki - Toothbrushing

Kilimani episode no 3,

Sara at Hedaru orphanage

Mosquito net - short version

rough cut

mosquitonet-subs

Hyena Square

Elisa Joseph came to town when she was thirteen, following promises for a job and the possibility to go to school. At the age of fifteen she had already been raped by her employer and stayed three months in prison. She ended up as a sex worker in Dar es Saalaam's infamous Uwanja wa Fisi (Hyena Square). Today she saves other girls from that life. More at hyenasquare.org