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Within Loving Memory of the Century: An Autobiography
Azaria J.C. Mbatha
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Description for Within Loving Memory of the Century: An Autobiography
Hardcover. Azaria Mbatha is one of South Africa's most important contemporary artists in the last century. This moving book is freely illustrated with artwork of Mbatha's own making, choice and allocation. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; ACX; AFH; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Azaria Mbatha is one of South Africa's most important contemporary artists in the last century. This moving book is freely illustrated with artwork of Mbatha's own making, choice and allocation. His autobiography is rooted in the traditional Zulu heritage of his childhood and the tenets of Christianity imparted by his father. Mbatha weaves his own history into the history of his family, into the history of South Africa and into the history of his time, as he experienced it. The book and its art illustrations are vehicles for his spiritual, political and social commentary and reflect issues of the author's ... Read more
Azaria Mbatha is one of South Africa's most important contemporary artists in the last century. This moving book is freely illustrated with artwork of Mbatha's own making, choice and allocation. His autobiography is rooted in the traditional Zulu heritage of his childhood and the tenets of Christianity imparted by his father. Mbatha weaves his own history into the history of his family, into the history of South Africa and into the history of his time, as he experienced it. The book and its art illustrations are vehicles for his spiritual, political and social commentary and reflect issues of the author's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
398
Place of Publication
Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
ISBN
9781869140625
SKU
V9781869140625
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About Azaria J.C. Mbatha
Azaria Mbatha was born in 1941 in rural Zululand in South Africa. Between 1963 and 1966 he studied at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft Centre at Rorke's Drift, under Peter Gowenius. In 1966, Mbatha was awarded a scholarship to study at the Konst Jack Art School in Stockholm. He returned in 1967 to teach at Rorke's Drift and ... Read more
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