Leaving A Legacy of Craft

From Emergent Africa Thu Jul 17 2014, 01:17:00

Another South-South story. In Fast Company Mona Gable reports on the work of the late Sarah Akot, a craft educator who taught in the Galapagos:

photo by Mona Gable

Sarah Akot, a Ugandan paper beadmaker, visited the Galapagos in 2011 and left a creative legacy for local craftspeople.

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