Ramogotsi carves a life for himself

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A chance meeting with renowned Zimbabwean stone sculptors in Tafara Mabvuku near Harare, Zimbabwe, has carved a career for the Tlokweng born Kealeboga Ramogotsi.

Today, the sculptor is one of the very few Batswana stone sculptors around. Ramogotsi says that he was never academically gifted and that meeting completely turned his life around.

The 32-year-old stone sculptor, like most artists, says he realized he had a gift to work with his hands at an early age. He, together with his peers, used to go to a dam near Lentsweletau where they would mould clay toys.

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