Botswana Cultural Night (Tokyo 2010)
Botswana Art Centre
The art in Botswana has changed
from century to century in Botswana. In the past it has fallen into two
categories: The Kung people, known as the San or Bushmen, and Nguni tribe from
the Batswana. Kung art is art that includes decoration pieces they used for
their desert existence. These items include, clay water filtration devices,
animal skins,arrows,bows and pots, and beads.
Kung art is also famous for the cave art that depicts animal hunts,
ceremonies, and dances that lasted for centuries.[1]
San Thomas River Rock Art Museum
The Nguni is art that is made out of stone and
wood, and sculptures of ceramics of clay, named township art art made of disca
instruments, knob berries, walking sticks and many other forms of art. Another
art form particular in the Botswana is the stitching together of many different
coloured hides and furs. These pieces
had many uses not just as an art form. Many tribe members used these blankets
to keep warm in the cold desert months. These proved very useful in the cold
times of the Kalahari region in winter cold months. It is said there is a great
deal of overlapping between these 2 peoples. Many times these people engaged in
trade between each others tribes, thus changing the culture of these peoples.[2]
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During the Apartheid many Africans artists that
were in exile gathered together to produce the Medu Art ensemble to produce
political artwork in defiance to Apartheid. Botswana music is mostly vocal and
performed with out instruments at times. They make heavy use of string, and the
Setinkane(a type of piano). The hands slapping against goat or different animal
skins are used as instruments as well as anything to create music and rhythm.
For the last 30 the guitar has been used as an instrument of choice s it offers
various note structure the other ones do not have.[3]
[1] “Botswana art” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana_art
, (accessed on January 28, 2016)
[2] ibid
[3] “Botswana
music” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana (accessed Jan, 28,2016)
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