- Title
- The hidden master
- Creator
- Foit, Morris
- Creator
- Pullanikkatil, Deepa
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- book chapter
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/433613
- Identifier
- vital:72987
- Identifier
- ISBN 978-3-319-75580-9
- Identifier
- https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-75580-9_13
- Description
- Handicrafts made in Kenya are popular with tourists and provides income to many artists. One such artist is Joseph Morris Njau Mung’othi, who renamed himself Morris ‘Foit’ out of respect for a Czech professor, Francis Foit who mentored him. The use of natural materials [non-timber forest products (NTFP)] for making handicrafts is common, but what is less common is the use of dead wood for making sculptures. This is a case study of a Kenyan sculptor who uses deadwood for carving, and has risen out of poverty by selling his art. He educated his five children and accumulated assets including a two-storeyed house-cum-studio and a car. Furthermore, his art gave him opportunities to travel to Uganda, Botswana and the United States. He is also the founder of an art center in Nairobi called the Kuona Trust, which supports local artists to exhibit and sell their work. This case study clearly demonstrates how the use of a NTFP product (in this case deadwood) helped Foit’s family rise above poverty.
- Format
- 7 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Foit, M. and Pullanikkatil, D. 2019. The hidden master. Poverty Reduction Through Non-Timber Forest Products: Personal Stories, pp.83-90
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
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