Nigeria: A Day With the Artists of St Camille

6 February 2016

Generally, the mentally-ill are considered good for nothing and are treated as such. But at Saint Camille they are not only treated but art is a major form of therapy for them as they also eke a leaving out of it.

"I start with yellow. It gives me the courage to continue and finish a piece of art." Alexandre Amouzou, 29, has over the past eight months come to find his comfort in visual arts, in the colour yellow, he narrates to Daily Trust.

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