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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Fine artist Daniel Dlamini expressed his frustration with the arts industry in the country on his Facebook account.<\/b><\/p>\n

The artist, who recently had an exhibition, lamented on what he felt was incompetency in the arts and culture sector of Eswatini.<\/p>\n

His lengthy rant on Facebook highlighted his frustration and anger at the way operations were conducted \u2013 citing negligence as a main issue.<\/p>\n

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Writing primarily in SiSwati, the artist called out a few names which he deemed responsible but will not be published for ethical reasons.<\/p>\n

The artist expressed how he felt that the youth\u2019s efforts and energy were being drained by the local industry and how they was being held back.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur efforts as the youth lead to nothing and (meaninglessness). We are getting old, you are holding us back.<\/p>\n

We get warm reception in other countries whilst our own does not provide snything to nurture our talents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Asked about the season of his statement, Dlamini stated that he did not like seeing artists having to go outside the country in order to get recognition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not like that we have to go to other countries for our talents to be taken seriously instead of us getting recognition here at home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Eswatini<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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