Cgʼose Ntcoxʼo

Cgʼose Ntcoxʼo (sam times Xhose Noxo), dem know am as Cgoise (c. 1950 – October 6, 2013) na she be artist wey komot Botswana.

Na Ntcoxʼo be a member of de Ncoakhoe people, speakers of de Naro language, wey na dem born am insyd de Ghanzi District of Botswana. Na she be a member of de Kuru Art Project. Insyd de early 1990s na dem show sam of ein work insyd a gallery insyd London wey ebe seen by representatives of British Airways, wey dem decide make dem purchase one of ein pieces den make dem use am as de basis for a design insyd dema ethnic livery scheme. A representative give de airline travel to Africa make she see am; insyd ein telling, na dem hand am "a piece of paper and told...to make a cross". Despite de fact say she be illiterate, na dem hold dis transaction to be binding wey e cause am make she transfer de rights to ein work. She receive 12,000 pula for ein work. For de time na ein husby be ill plus tuberculosis wey na ein daughter be unemployed, wey na she be responsible for supporting a large family.

Later life na dem take Ntcoxʼo in by fellow artist Coexʼae Qgam, plus whom she live til de latter ein death."Iconic Mosarwa artist dies | Sunday Standard". www.sundaystandard.info. Retrieved Jun 3, 2019. Ntcoxʼo einself die of a stroke, wey she lef almost no estate."Famed Mosarwa artist died dirt-poor | Sunday Standard". www.sundaystandard.info. Retrieved Jun 3, 2019.

Category:Human
Category:1950s births
Category:Botswana people
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Botswana painters
Category:Botswana women painters
Category:20th-century women artists
Category:20th-century painters
Category:20th-century printmakers
Category:Women printmakers
Category:San people
Category:People wey komot Ghanzi District
Category:Botswana printmakers

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