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Edward Kosut visits a quarry near Sarwat Village, Nandi County where a group of women have defied cultural stereotypes by establishing a business that helps them put food on the table and see their children through school
Armed with sledgehammers, they navigate the terrain into an open quarry a few kilometers from their home in Sarwat village, Nandi County.
Undeterred by the sweltering heat, the group of 12 women each gather a heap of gravel and, like a synchronised orchestra, they pound the rocks bit by bit.
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