Botswana's Molosi excels in US

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Many remember him as the dreadlocked youngster in shorts who baffled the whole country by elaborately representing children on Btv. When the vice president Ian Khama awarded him the Khama Brilliant Spirit Award in 2003, Donald Molosi was deemed one of the most promising future leaders; then he 'disappeared'.

Molosi has not disappeared. He is alive and well in Massachusetts in the United States of America where he is studying Theatre and Political Science. 

Molosi said that he is still very much in love with the country and its people and that he is looking forward to coming back to Botswana to make a positive contribution in the arts. Born in Mahalapye 21 years ago, Molosi was raised by his mother, a single parent, together with his brother. He did his primary education at a number of primary schools including Phikwe, St. Patrick's, Werda and Xhosa, before proceeding to Maruapula Secondary School. Molosi always wanted to be a performer and when he was about four, he and his girl cousin, Morongwa, used to say that they were going to be on TV once Botswana got its own TV station. True to his ambitions, Molosi, at 18, started appearing on Btv for UNICEF speaking of children's rights and societal issues of the day.

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