The Mayibuye Visual Arts and Heritage Experience is continuing in Galeshewe and surrounding areas in Kimberley. This event will take place over 11 days as it started on Wednesday (1/11) and will end on Saturday (11/11).

It takes place at the historic law office of the late Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe at the Mayibuye Memorial Precinct.

The murals on display depict the massacre during the Mayibuye Uprising in Galeshewe. Photo supplied

This experience comprises a fun-filled township event featuring local art exhibits, food, fashion, and music.

Bokhutlo Makhale, a well-known local visual artist with more than 20 years of experience as a visual artist and writer, among other things, will be the host of the art exhibition.

“The art project aims to create a platform for emerging visual artists, and by that stimulating the township economy by promoting small businesses to exhibit local products that Galeshewe has to offer.”

The murals on display depict the massacre during the Mayibuye Uprising in Galeshewe. Photo supplied

“It also teaches the community how to preserve the landmarks that are vandalised and destroyed,” said Makhale.

The murals that will be on display depict the massacre that took place on November 8, 1952, during the Mayibuye Uprising in Galeshewe.

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