The writer is a science commentator
When outsiders began building odd-looking houses in rural Tanzania and offering them to families by lottery, lurid rumours started to swirl.
Were the boxy new-builds designed to lure villagers to their deaths? Why did these strangers want photo IDs of their children? Given the Makonde proverb, Cha bure cha kudoroja, which warns of no such thing as a free lunch — let alone a free home — freemasonry, witchcraft or supernatural forces were variously suspected to be at play.
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