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The Documentary: African Perspective: Living on Death

African Perspective: Living on Death

03/07/2012 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, African Perspective: Living on Death

Two mortuary attendants in Zambia discuss their work and the stigma they must deal with.

Two mortuary attendants working in Lusaka, Zambia, reveal what their what work entails and the stigma they must deal with.

They are some of Zambia's most courageous workers, quietly getting on with their job - a job which is shunned by most of their compatriots.  

Meet  Mwanza and Kapemba, two mortuary attendants working  in Lusaka. 

In this programme, they reveal what their work entails, but also what it feels like to deal with the stigma they face. 

In Zambia, strong cultural beliefs mean that they are feared and avoided by family members and neighbours.

(Image: A funeral in Lusaka, Africa)

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