Meet Ndaba the versatile veteran artist

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Velias Ndaba is one of the veteran Thapong artists and his exquisite artworks bear testimony to his status. With every stroke of the brush, Ndaba brings out masterpieces and there is no doubt that if he was in a country that favoured the arts, chances are that he could have earned international renown.

Arts& Culture recently had an opportunity to meet with this unassuming artist at Thapong Visual Arts Centre, where he is currently overseeing a national art project.

"I consider art as an in-born talent. I started moulding objects with clay long before I started school. Back then, when we were gathered around the fire as children, I would do some experiments in the fire sometimes causing explosions to the amusement of everyone around especially my peers," he explains.

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