In 2010, the team also worked in Central Swaziland to the north east of Manzini. It had been nearly 50 years since rural ceramic production in Swaziland had been documented by Alfred Lawton (1946). Our aim was to visit an area not part of Lawton’s initial survey and to compare our findings with his, with the view to establishing further research in the country examining long term trends in the Swazi ceramic tradition during the 20th and into the 21st centuries. Our work with Mrs. Sarah Shongwe was