11-Year-Old Nigerian Boy Creates Amazing Lifelike Portraits

In Nigeria, an 11-year-old artist is creating waves with his unique creations. From a makeshift studio in a poor neighborhood in Lagos, Waris Kareem produces incredibly life-like works of art.

He began drawing at age 6 and draws his family and people in his neighborhood. As he explains in the interview below, his drawings have a deeper meaning. This art prodigy also has big dreams for his work, which his teacher believes he can make come true because of his amazing talent.

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