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SUMMARY:Cartoons, Comics & Africa: Forum/Exhibit tour
DESCRIPTION:
 Featuring African cartoonist Tebogo Motswetla 
 of Botswana; also speaking: Randy Scott (MSU 
 Libraries Comics Librarian), Kurt Dewhurst (Director 
 Arts & Cultural Initiatives, University 
 Outreach/Curator of Folklife & Cultural Heritage, 
 MSU Museum) and Peter Limb (Africana 
 Bibliographer, MSU Libraries)\n
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 Tebogo Motswetla 
 holds degrees in 2-Dimensional & Digital 
 Design, Design: Illustration, and Graphic Design. 
 He has his own cartoon business and is 
 affiliated to the University of Botswana. The 
 "Mabijo Series" has appeared since 1989 in Daily 
 News and Mmegi newspapers in Botswana. It 
 features social and cultural themes of everyday 
 life. He has published 3 volumes of his 
 comic book Mabijo on the Move (2010-14), articles, 
 and illustrated several books. He received 
 the 2005 Presidential Meritorious Award and 
 the 2003 Botswana National Art Fair Award. 
 Ex-President of Botswana, Sir Ket Masire, launched 
 the 25th anniversary of Tebogo's popular 
 character "Mabijo" in August 2015. His website 
 is www.mabijo.com\n
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 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.lib.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Holly Flynn\n
 Contact phone: 517-884-0901\n
 Contact email: flynnhol@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://www.lib.msu.edu/features/colloquia/\n
LOCATION:Main Library, W449 (4th Floor, West Wing)
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