Aunt's small gift a designer's breakthrough

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The one thing that strikes about seamstress and poet Opelo Letshwiti is her passion, creativity and enthusiasm that she has for arts. The 22-year old who hails from Mochudi puts more energy into her works that’s its almost impossible to miss her standing from a distance.

 

Letshwiti’s love for arts and crafts began in childhood.  "My mother has a huge library of books from her Bibles and songbooks to anthologies. I recited every poem and studied till I could atleast comprehend most of them. In a way I interweaved poetry and apparel designing as a way of expressing myself," she says.

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