The Shashe wood carvers

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Somewhere, there ought to be a study which tells us about the rise and fall of the Shashe Wood Carvers, how they originated, who they were, how they prospered and why they simply disappeared overnight, seemingly without trace.

I make the point in relation to the emergence of the new Blue Train not least because I assume that the cessation of the old mail train to Johannesburg and Cape Town brought about the immediate demise of the Shashe carvers. I would like to know if those carvers tried to ply their long time trade with the new Blue Train passengers but found them to be disinterested. Did they then try to exploit the increased number of people using the north-south road and if so, did that tactic also prove to be a non-starter? So they simply went out of business and disappeared without trace.

Given the enormous, continuing efforts that have been made over many years to keep the Odi Weavers in thriving existence, it seems strange to me that even modest attempts appear not to have been made to resuscitate the Shashe Wood carvers.

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