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Peter Oloya - the Ugandan LRA child soldier who moulded a new future in art

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Ugandan artist Peter Oloya is one of Uganda 's best-known sculptors.

He is most famous for his Crowned Crane, a bronze sculpture of the national bird.

Oloya survived the horrors of being kidnapped as a child by the Lord's Resistance Army .

He turned to his beloved clay as therapy to ease the horrors he faced in the bush .

Peter Oloya : A Journey from Adversity to Artistry is on at Pangolin London , King's Cross , until 2 March 2024 .

The Ugandan artist has created a new body of work for his first international solo exhibition.

His message is blunt: "Climate change, global warming - it's our fault and it's killing us".

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