AAC embarks on art empowerment
Friday, July 07, 2023 | 50 Views |
Imparting knowledge: Mogwe during a recent class session
AAC is a local institution of high learning which offers degree courses in Art for Storytelling such as BA (Hons) Fine Art, BA (Hons) Animation and BA (Hons) General.
The founder and director of Africa Art College, Goabaone Mogwe explained that the idea is to “catch them young in order to help them shape their overall decorum”.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...