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Thero Makepe Quotes

born 1996 Botswana

Thero Makepe (born 1996) is a Motswana multimedia artist.

Botswana

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You can actually make art about death – about something that's beyond yourself but is also an event or moment that lives in the memories of so many other people

Amid the chaos and turmoil my family was experiencing, music was an anchor and provided an escape

Botswana turns 60 years old this year in the midst of economic crises with the decline of diamond sales and high youth unemployment

Speaking strictly for myself, my knowledge of the history of Botswana, especially when it came to activism and cultural resistance, was non-existent before I started university in South Africa.

Johannesburg was the first place where I understood that black joy and black pain could exist side by side

I use photography to creatively express myself as a basic need for my soul, to shed light on lesser-known narratives and to query the status quo

My choice in subject matter comes from the specific moment or era I am in my life. I choose projects that I can only do at specific moments in my life

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thero Makepe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.