Meet Ndaba the versatile veteran artist
Friday, September 10, 2010
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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