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...midst of last weekend’s blizzard, Thenjiwe N. Nkosi and studio-mate James W. Heisey-Rotner ’04 have created an oasis in their Linden Street painting studio. A Johnny Mercer song plays on the radio as Nkosi brews a pot of tea. The walls of the studio feature black and white paintings depicting buildings in Johannesburg, South Africa, where Nkosi spent much of her childhood...
...always just been making work about where I come from,” says Nkosi. In a drawing class freshman year, she found herself drawn to the theme of shovels. “I’ve been to a lot of funerals in South Africa,” she explains, “and I was using earth colors that reminded me of the red dirt of home.” She then expanded into painting historic sites like Robin Island, where Nelson Mandela was exiled. These paintings, she says, “represented a past regime that...
...1950s, the African National Congress (ANC) organized a massive non-violent campaign against apartheid. Songs like “Nkosi Sikelel’i,” the People’s Anthem, a prayer for peace and harmony, accompanied the rallies...
More than any other aspect, the featured artwork was connected to the show’s title by its provocativeness. The vibrant color photographs of Thenjiwe Nkosi ’04 was a case in point. “Just plain African Americans” was the most interesting image in Nkosi’s series, which was shot at various black hair salons and barbershops...
...continent is vast, and sometimes our knowledge does not extend far beyond the countries and issues that we have a particular interest in,” Nkosi said...