By Brandon Wallace, EIC News
“His name is Blessing,” Alejandro Arango, a junior in Elliot, said while sitting on a patio table behind the Anthropology office in Square 80.
Blessing Rakgoale, an Art and Design student from Tshwane North College in South Africa, is staying with Arango for the week as a part of The Bokamoso Youth Foundation. Bokamoso is a tour group that has partnered with GW since 2003. Focusing on art in various forms, it gives students the means to express themselves globally.
According to Rakgoale, who prefers to go by Blessing, Bokamoso has helped him in a multitude of ways. “I was looking for a safe place and a program where I could grow as a person,” he said. He noted how Bokamoso has helped do this through discussions “about [his] socio-economic issues” and giving him an outlet of enjoyment — even if that meant just playing sports.
As art is the central theme of the program, Blessing is an artist. “My goal [is] to have a career as a Graphic Designer, possibly in the art department of an advertising company or as a logo designer,” he said. Blessing too already has experience doing just this, designing the current Bokamoso Tree logo.
In the words of Arango, the program has highlighted the fact that “there is a sense of a global culture in art.”
After just one night, Arango noted the easy connectedness he already felt towards Blessing and the other visiting students. “There was sort of an easy clique between Blessing and the other students and us, and I think a lot of that was surrounding music and our mutualness around art,” he said.
This “mutualness” is not just about appreciating art in all its capacities, but also feeling it and being a part of it. Art as a means of expression, understanding, and connection.
For Arango, this was one of the reasons he readily agreed to host Blessing. “I was really curious to figure out what kind of art he was into. I am looking forward to hearing about the different art that speaks to him, maybe different plays that speak to him. Art has been one of the ways that I can most relate to someone or see beyond the superficial,” he said.
The South Africa Project’s 17th Anniversary show will culminate the end of Bokamoso on January 31st, at 7:00 p.m. in the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre. The play Timone on Winterveldt will be open to the public and tickets can be bought here — $10 for students or $35 for general admission. All proceeds will go to support students like Blessing at the Bokamoso Life Centre in Winterveldt, South Africa.
There will also be an interactive workshop which will focus on issues of gender equality and eliminating sexual violence. The workshop will be held on January 30th from 4 to 6 p.m.. If you are interested in attending the workshop, you must RSVP with gwomen@gwu.edu. For more information, please contact lesliej@gwu.edu.
As an observer of the relationship being forged and Bokamoso, I could not help but be amazed by how art can be such a powerful force in bringing together people of different cultures and backgrounds. It truly was beautiful to see the global culture of art in action as well as how meaningful a program like this can be.
“When I got to Bokamoso, it taught me how to not be afraid to showcase what I have in me,” Blessing said. “When you join the program, you grow. You become a different person.”
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