The art work of a young Nigerian identified as Prosper Peter Dania has found its place in Chinese space station.
Dania’s artwork, titled “Shared Aspiration” is among 10 African youth paintings to be exhibited at China’s Tiangong space station by the Shenzhou-16 taikonauts who are currently on a five-month exploration mission.
Dania who was invited to an awards ceremony for his painting in late May in Abuja by the Chinese Embassy said, “Now, everybody has a dream of going to space. At night, we go out and look at the stars.”
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He recalled that this was the thought that filled his mind when he sat down to create the artwork as an entry for an international painting competition organized by China in March.
In a fusion of artistic expression and space exploration, Dania’s captivating artwork emerged as one of the top-prize entries for this year’s edition of “My Dream” Painting Competition, co-hosted by the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the China Manned Space Engineering Office, and the Chinese missions in Africa.
More than 2,000 entries were received for the competition, which aimed to promote cultural exchange and foster people-to-people cooperation between China and Africa.
