Modise finds precious resource in wood

Modise Monyeki at work.PIC: KOKETSO KGOBOGE
Modise Monyeki at work.PIC: KOKETSO KGOBOGE

PALAPYE: Modise Monyeki has been carving sculptural pieces out of wood for 16 years. He ekes his living at a quiet house, isolated in a neighbourhood where the infamous floods of 1995 swept in and residents were relocated.

Monyeki was born in Mokobeng. He did his primary and junior secondary studies in the tiny Tswapong village. After completing his Form 3, he moved to the cattlepost. He spent two years as a shepherd.

During the time he would spend some days alone at the cattlepost and boredom got the better of him. Until one day he picked a piece of wood, and started carving an image of a giraffe.

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