Mafwe Living Museum

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The Living Museum of the Mafwe
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Bantu culture of the Zambezi region

PROGRAMMES / RATES

Contact

Approach and opening hours

The Living Museum is open 365 days a year from sunrise until sundown. Bookings are not necessary. Just follow the signboards that are leading to the Living Museum and you will be warmly welcomed. The Mafwe Living Museum is directly situated at the D3502, about 17 km north of Kongola.

Mafwe Anfahrtsskizze

Contact

Simgalamwe,about 17 km north of Kongola
-17.675126, 23.435383
+264 (0) 81 762 9020 (Elizabeth Madima)
sebastian.duerrschmidt
Living Culture Foundation

Bookings

You can book a program and the campsite at the Living Museum directly at the reception. Prebookings are not necessary / possible.

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Latest News

16 September 2024
Infrastructure project completed at Mbunza Living Museum
Infrastructure project completed at Mbunza Living Museum
In the Mbunza Living Museum, another major infrastructure project financed by our association was completed in September 2024. The Living Culture Foundation Namibia helped setting up a small campsite including a shower and toilet for travelers who vi...
20 November 2023
Traditional, intercultural workshop of all 7 living museums
Traditional, intercultural workshop of all 7 living museums
During the last project tour, the idea of a traditional workshop at the Mbunza Living Museum came about. The aim of the workshop was to improve traditional craft techniques that originally played a role in the respective traditional cultures and are ...
04 October 2023
Living Museum Workshop 2023
Living Museum Workshop 2023
The Living Culture Foundation Namibia is organizing a traditional workshop and music festival for all Living Museums from Monday, October 30, 2023 to Friday, November 3, 2023. The workshop will take place at the Mbunza Living Museum, approximately 15...
12 April 2023
Sensational 4000€ fundraiser
Sensational 4000€ fundraiser
The employees and patients of the dialysis clinics in Tangermünde and Genthin handed over a donation of €4,000 to Dr. Ralf Kühn, founding member and chairman of the board of the German-Namibian association Living Culture Namibia at his farewell party...
27 January 2023
Mbunza infrastructure project (part 1) completed
Mbunza infrastructure project (part 1) completed
Thanks to a very generous donation of €3,600 from Ms. Ute Schmidt-Rohr, we were able to successfully complete the first part of the water infrastructure project at the Mbunza Living Museum. A pump was installed at the Samsitu campsite very close to t...
18 November 2022
Project meeting for the development of a Herero Living Museum
Project meeting for the development of a Herero Living Museum
 This meeting was a "follow-up" to the previous meeting in March 2022 to assess the project progress in the development of a Herero Living Museum in Otjokavare. From our side, two things were essential. Firstly: Better communication structures m...
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