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In the Studio - Nelson Makamo: celebrating children from rural South Africa - BBC Sounds

In the Studio - Nelson Makamo: celebrating children from rural South Africa - BBC Sounds

Nelson Makamo: celebrating children from rural South AfricaNelson Makamo: celebrating children from rural South Africa

Released On: 25 Aug 2020

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Meet the artist at his studio in Johannesburg, the “most sacred place in the world”

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