Name: Sanaa Gateja: They Too Are the Earth
Start: 2026-09-19
End: 2026-11-21
Location: Afriart Gallery

Sanaa Gateja: They Too Are the Earth

New work by veteran Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja in paper beads, bark cloth, banana fibre and found roots.

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Afriart Gallery presents new work by veteran Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja, known as 'The Bead King' for his technique of making beads from recycled paper. The show features paper-bead tapestries on bark cloth, new works on banana fibre, and found-root sculptures examining material, memory and transformation.

Gateja, who studied in Florence and London before returning to Uganda, has used his bead-making practice to employ thousands of local women since the 1990s.

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