Maifala’s sidestep choice turns into affection
Friday, October 13, 2023 | 130 Views |
Maifala says she is contemporary expressionist and paints realistic subjects in a distorted format
Maifala, who hails from Goo-tau village in the Tswapong area, says her first interaction with the world of art was during her junior secondary school days when she opted to do Art as one of her elective subjects.
Although she has yet to venture full-time into art, which she says she plans to do in the near future, she believes that she has fully fallen in love with the paint. “I took Art as an elective during my junior years of schooling. Little did I know it was the beginning of an intimate relationship with paints, and have only started doing it professionally in 2022,” Maifala said in an interview with Arts&Culture.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...