On his return, Wu held successful exhibitions in Taiwan and Japan. A Japanese television station broadcast a 30-minute documentary on Wu and his art.
另有人認為，不管吳炫三到非洲去的動機為何，他能深入蠻荒的勇氣與決心，已屬難能可貴；更何況藝術無國界之分，吳炫三的非洲之行，確已為他找到繪畫的新路。