Meet Rwanda's tattoo master

Genre : Society news
Principal country concerned : Column : Arts and crafts
Release/publication date : 2015
Published on : 24/03/2015
Source : http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2015-03-24/187174/

Mohammed Mugabo, alias Papito, life as a tattoo artist was not a choice but a matter of survival.


It's from this job that he has been able to earn a decent living.



Beyond tattooing, he has also ventured into painting.



"I do painting on cloth. Sometimes clients just want me to paint pictures of celebrities on their T-shirts, on their trousers and sometimes I do wall designs.I use brushes and some paint to design a picture on a client's piece of cloth," Papito said.



But life as a tattoo artist in Rwanda is not without its hiccups, as he says many people are not aware about the places to get this service and some people have a negative perception about the art of tattooing.



Some fear that the process is very painful while others associate tattoos with people whose morals are questionable.

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