Bavulele Ntsikhwe Mbokazi is an art centre based in Mount Frere elalini yase Mabhobho (Ngqwara village), kwaBhaca in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
This centre is aimed at enriching the lives of the children, youth and the community at large living in the area. We specifically aiming at providing learning, growth and skills development through the arts including visual arts, cultural music, pottery, cultural dance, agriculture and futuristic African cultural fashion designing.
The Art centre was founded by Charmain Carrol in July 2012 and formally registered in 2018.
Charmain is the granddaughter of Jane maMbokazi Ngqu who was a potter and visual artist, her grandfather Wilson Ntsikhwe Ngqu who was a traditionalist. She is the daughter of Wendy Bavulele Carrol who was a business woman and artist and Willie Carrol who strongly believed in education.
We specifically aiming at providing learning, growth and skills development through the arts including visual arts, cultural music, pottery, cultural dance, agriculture and futuristic African cultural fashion designing. Charmain herself is an award winning Professional Photographer and a graduate of WITS Business School and Market Photo Workshop school of photography. Bavulele Ntsikhwe Mbokazi Art centre was then born and is currently being established on vacant land that was left to Charmain when her grandparents and parents passed on. Charmain has decided to honour her ancestors’ passion for art, education and business skills through the art centre. She wishes to benefit the children, youth and community of her village and neighbouring villages in Mount Frere.
Extended career orientation through a systematic approach to cultural history preservation. Introduction to documenting across economically rewarding genres.Content structure and delivery Privileging the English language as a critical marker for cognitive skills and creative outputs is a limited approach. The approach is very disempowering to the cohort of participants whose lived experiences are largely characterised by differentiated cognitive expertise which manifest in rich mixtures of the African languages. The approach should legitimise the experiences and their resultant vernaculars which locate predominantly outside the limits of the English medium.
