The enchanted, youthful audacity of Chokuwamba’s art

MANY religions and traditional customs have been perverted to treat the human body and its sexuality as a taboo subject.

The body is shamed as vulgar, sinful, impure and to be suppressed to elevate the spirit.

With his solo exhibition at First Floor Gallery (FFG), visual artist Again Isheanopa Chokuwamba wades into the cultural politics of bone, blood, and flesh with a measured naivety that makes everybody take notice.

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