Acrylic on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.
Signed on the front.
Themba.
The name in the Xhosa language means one who is trusted and is full of faith and hope.
Early morning in the slums of Gugulethu, on the outskirts of Cape Town with a backdrop of corrugated iron and tin shacks, a young African boy, Themba, is already out on the dirt and gravel pitch with his football.
He runs bare foot with the ball towards a make shift goal, dreaming of one day joining a team and playing in a pro Europa League Tournament. In his mind he becomes the African Diego Maradona.