SPOTLIGHT JAMES AGUER GARANG
Jun 18, 2020
3 minutes
Words: Jan-Peter Westad
Photo: Samir Bol
South Sudanese artist James Aguer Garang has been waiting weeks for new paint to arrive. ‘It has to be delivered by bus from NGOs in Kampala,’ he explains, cutting a frustrated figure in his sparsely furnished studio in Juba, the nation’s capital. Most of the roads have no tarmac. Militia operate checkpoints. When the bus runs, the journey takes two days. But after decades of conflict, it remains the only affordable way to get materials.
‘I have hundreds
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