Murmures

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.