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Nkashi celebrates Botswana cultural heritage - Masisi

President Mokgweetsi Masisi and few other dignitaries attended the screening of The Nkashi: Race for the Okavango on Thursday last week  PIC: BW  PRESIDENCY
President Mokgweetsi Masisi and few other dignitaries attended the screening of The Nkashi: Race for the Okavango on Thursday last week PIC: BW PRESIDENCY

President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said the recently premiered documentary, Nkashi: The Race for Okavango, is a product of Botswana’s enduring appeal to the wider world to conserve natural resources.

The Nkashi: Race for the Okavango, which premiered in Gaborone Thursday night, was produced by the National Geographic Society (NGS) and De Beers, through the Okavango Eternal partnership.

The feature documentary created in Botswana, in Setswana, celebrates the people of Botswana, their cultural heritage and traditional knowledge and their commitment to preserving the Okavango Delta and its headwaters through the story of the Nkashi Classic Race.

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