Botswana: Artists Given Scholarship

Botswana performing artists, who have always been exploited by events organisers, are suddenly getting their dues.

The days when drama was seen as a sketch to entertain an audience in a workshop or wedding ceremony for free, are rapidly becoming history. Drama, the art which like a mirror has always been used by actors to make the society pay attention and have a closer look into itself and see the beauty, the grotesque and ghastly elements that threatens its very survival, is suddenly seen as a powerful tool to root out societal evils.

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