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Walter Kuma
<b>Update (August, 2019)</b><br><br>
"I joined Novica 15 years ago, when my first sale was less than three dollars. Through Novica, I have been able to acquire a shop, but before I used to sell along the roadside. In the beginning, carrying the works all the way from Aburi to Accra was hectic, but with time I got used to it because of the help Novica was offering by listing our masks and sculptures. <br><br>
"My sales and production of wood works have improved. I now produce higher-quality work. Some challenges I have encountered were with the means of transportation - in the process of getting my works to the local office, some of my pieces would get damaged due to mishandling. <br><br>
"My aim is to create more works for Novica." <br><br>
<b>Original Artisan Story</b><br><br>
"My name is Walter Kuma, and I was born in Ghana on October 22, 1981. I got interested in Ghanaian and African carvings when I was a child, because they have been an important art form for many generations. Africans adore carving, because it is filled with historic and spiritual significance. So when I finished middle school I chose to learn the trade, and I was apprenticed to Mr. Kofi Adjei.
<br><br>"Now I have my own workshop, where I design and carve the things I like. I also have three young apprentices learning the trade. I carve different masks that represent the value of the family, unity and our ancestors. African masks have a strong social, ethnic, historic and symbolic meaning. I have not attended any exhibitions personally, but the people that have bought my work have exhibited in their galleries or take them to different African-theme exhibitions."
