Qgam gets President's Day posthumous award

Better known as Dada be her peers, Qgam was part of the Kuru Art Project, a stable of highly accomplished Basarwa artists who practise their trade at a facility in D’Kar.  Dada was born in 1934 in Gantsi, Botswana. She attended just three months of primary school, later working as a child minder and domestic help. 

Qgam had extensive knowledge of her people’s traditions, story telling and healing practices. Her first exposure to textile art was in Namibia, when an employer taught her needlework and embroidery.