Nigerian sculptor and mixed-media artist Helen Nzete joins Dillon Jerry Mugume for a warm, lounge-style exchange on materiality, healing, and artistic autonomy. Nzete traces her path from studio life in Abuja to immersive works that fuse papier-mâché, plaster, rope and painted glass. She unpacks pieces like “Entangled Cells,” about the hard conversations we have with ourselves, and her series “Year of Knots,” where rope becomes a metaphor for childhood trauma and the urgent work of untying generational patterns.  Conversations drift through gardens, bees, and a moment of communion with a tree—nature as listener and amplifier—before widening to education (Zaria’s legacy and the right to rebel), labels (“African artist” as embraced identity), and social healing. Mentoring an autistic student has taught her patience and a newfound taste for detail, sharpening both process and purpose. Recorded live with audience prompts, this candid talk maps an artist’s belief in curiosity, courage, and community.