Self-taught artist gains recognition
Bame Bino Khiwa was denied a chance to study art at school but she never gave up on her first love so she decided to teach herself.
At Selepa Junior School, Khiwa was discouraged to study art because it was presumed to be a ‘difficult’ subject, which was only a preserve of the boys.
As a way to get access to the Art Laboratory the Ghetto born artist joined Social Studies fair project and became part of a team that was recycling waste and used the lab to do so.
Instead of focusing on her fair project, she learnt a few things about art from the boys...
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