In one of his interviews with author Denis Hirson, collected in his book Footnotes for the Panther, artist William Kentridge talks about his early resistance to “the white Nationalist ideology of African-ness”. He explains how it cast black South Africans as essentially rural, “only temporarily in the city”.
“So traditional woodcarving, beadwork and other kinds of craft were seen as the appropriate art forms for Africans.”..A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.
Can we have a new online exhibition at Steve Biko/Chris Hani/Charlotte Maxeke Hospitals and Life Esidemeni clinic where you aim to stoke local appreciation for traditional African medicine by exploring its influence on contemporary works and Sangomas