From Environmental Waste to Artistic Wealth

By Mwalimu George Ngwane

Ivonne Ngwa is an Environmental Artist unconscious of her laudable artwaste mission. According to a report in Cameroon Tribune (Sept.20, 2005) her stand was the center of attraction during the Cameroon Technology and Innovation exhibition organised recently by the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technology. The magnet of attraction was her art products based on controlled waste (recycled plastic, wrappers and carrier bags). Using different shades of colours of this waste to produce caps, toys, belts, foot gears, bags etc, she has created a cultural industry out of an environmental eyesore.