Conversation with Owen Maseko

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After a while of not doing radio interviews, Gilmore Tee has an exclusive conversation with one of Zimbabwe's most controversial visual artists, Owen Maseko, who is known for provoking the Zimbabwean government with his 2010 Gukurahundi Exhibition. Owen talks about experiencing the Gukurahundi genocide as a child, how he uses his art to address human rights issues, his thoughts on the new dispensation in Zimbabwe, being isolated as an artist, and what he is working on. It's an exciting insight.

12 Oct 2018 English South Africa Society & Culture · News Gilmore Tee

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