{"id":4656,"date":"2020-05-18T21:34:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T21:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebw.co.bw\/?p=4656"},"modified":"2020-05-18T21:34:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T21:34:50","slug":"visual-creative-azizi-is-on-a-mission-to-switch-things-up-in-bws-youth-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebw.co.bw\/visual-creative-azizi-is-on-a-mission-to-switch-things-up-in-bws-youth-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual creative Azizi is on a mission to switch things up in BW&#8217;s youth culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We caught up with a really dope creative right here in Botswana, a young man whose focus on switching the game up and pushing the boundary on youth culture has engulfed all he does, this is Azizi. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azizi is a young Motswana cinematographer &#8220;<em>Passionate about change<\/em>&#8220;, he says in our conversation. He describes his work as Afrofuturistic, &#8220;<em>I really want to tell the African story I&#8217;m the most creative way\u2026.my involvement in the youth culture space started as a way of me trying to learn how to shoot videos, to me it was the most interesting thing I could find to shoot\u2026 it later developed into a medium of expressing the voice of a generation.<\/em>.&#8221;, this as he spoke about his motivation for getting involved in the space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Watch The Motherland (a Serowe Story) a visual showcase<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frenov8media%2Fvideos%2F783787708672554%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"250\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since publishing some of his The Motherland story based on the people of Serowe (his hometown), Aziz has gone on to do quite a bit of work; something he also spoke to, &#8220;<em>My proudest piece of work is the project I&#8217;ve been working on since March (despite the pandemic), I believe it embodies my vision as a creative\u2026you will see for yourself soon enough<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Forateng.golekanye%2Fvideos%2F10219361450039219%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>I also like the promos I&#8217;ve shot with Bk Proctor and also like Clarity Cut by Blueflame and 7DOS<\/em>&#8220;, the words of a man enjoying his work and we wanted to celebrate it with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blueflame x 7DaysOfSummer - Clarity Cut (Official Video)\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1q7oJeQ24sc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>We asked a few questions, his opinion on Botswana&#8217;s creative industry<\/strong><br>The creative space is really interesting<em> here\u2026 if only there was more capital in the industry, we would be the best in Africa because our stories are so rich and yet untold\u2026.I&#8217;d like to see a bit more professionalism from all ends of the creative space so that we can be taken seriously as an industry\u2026 also for corporations to engage more young Botswana\u2026..<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where do you hope to be in the next 3 years?<\/strong><br><em>The next 3 years\u2026. expand my business\u2026. 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