San art set to survive the test of time

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Perhaps as art-lovers admire the exquisite San artworks currently displayed at the National Museum, they should ponder on the words of the artist, Gamnqoa Kukama from the Kuru collective when he asserted, "Art is something we can't help doing.

We should hold it in our hands, and we should not lose it for the sake of our children." By the look of things, one can safely declare that this genre has and will continue to survive the test of time.  

According to some experts in San art, San artists started doing rock art thousands of years back and there are over 15,000 known San rock art sites in southern Africa, with the highest concentration found in places like Tsodilo Hills (Botswana), the Drankensburg Mountains (Lesotho and South Africa), Matopo Hills (Zimbabwe) and Brandberg and Twyfelfontein (Namibia).

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