BOT50, a hallucination for entertainers
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
BOMU artists perfoming BOT50 theme song at the National Stadium
“Ke nako ya gore le rona bo mmasekanta le bo rrasekanta re je.”
When first introduced the celebrations promised a well-deserved harvest period for the local entertainment industry, which has undeniably blossomed over the years. Now more than ever the whole spectrum of the Botswana entertainment industry had gained mass recognition from music, theatre to film and television.
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