Nkawana exports Botswana art
Friday, July 05, 2019
Nkawana PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
For instance, he recently returned from Philippines where a fellow artist invited him. Though the sojourn was a self-sponsored one, Nkawana managed to create ties between foreign artists and communities abroad.
While in Asia the talented artist achieved his goal to foster international creative exchange and deepen mutual understanding across cultures. In an interview with Arts & Culture, Nkawana, who is famous for his ‘The world at night’ conceptual art said he visited the country to observe how artists execute their artworks.
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