Zim fails to tap into its creative potential

GROWING up in the dusty streets of Mkoba, John Mahove always had a passion for art, but had no idea how to go about it.

As a pupil at Chaplin High School in Gweru, the school ranked mathematics and sciences highly over the arts. He had to be serious in the subjects ranked as the most important, if he was to win the favour of his teachers and parents.

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