Africa
45,751 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0123703 | biography | Sindiso Mfenyana | 1940 | – |
| B-0123686 | biography | King Sarhili kaHintsa | 1815-1892 | ✓ |
| B-0123170 | biography | Aubrey Levin | 1938 | – |
| B-0123071 | biography | Barend de Wet | 1956-2017 | – |
| B-0122965 | biography | Martin Tose | 1958-2004 | – |
| B-0122712 | biography | Pule Pheto | 1966 | – |
| B-0122696 | biography | Ray Berman | 1941 | – |
| B-0122673 | biography | Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino | 1851-1919 | – |
| B-0122647 | biography | Judith Mason | 1938-2016 | – |
| B-0122636 | biography | Adam Glasser | 1955 | – |
| B-0122621 | biography | Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi | 1936-1973 | – |
| B-0122541 | biography | Pitika Ntuli | 1942 | – |
| B-0122540 | biography | Judy Anne Seidman | – | – |
| B-0122343 | biography | Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens | 1926-2016 | ✓ |
| B-0122211 | biography | Junaid Ahmed | 1959-2016 | ✓ |
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
King Sarhili was the last King to rule over Xhosaland before it was fragmented by the consequences of the ‘Cattle Killing Movement’ of 1856…
BiographyAubrey Levin
Aubrey Levin was born in Johannesburg on 18 December 1938 to Jewish parents. Despite the National Party’s anti-Semitic exclusion of Jews…
BiographyBarend de Wet
Barend de Wet was born in Boksburg in 1956, and towards his untimely death had long become an emblematic figure of the artist, the…
BiographyMartin Tose
The quiet and yet temperamental Martin Qgibinsizi Tose was born in Germiston, Johannesburg during the first decade of Apartheid. His birth…
BiographyPule Pheto
Pule Pheto, son of activist and poet Molefe Pheto, was born in Soweto 1966. At The age of 12, his parents were exiled and the family moved…
BiographyRay Berman
Born and bred in Johannesburg, Ray Berman left South Africa in 1966 to go into voluntary exile in Swaziland and has since become a national…
BiographyFrancis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino was a journalist and public intellectual who, in the early 1900s, challenged notions of Black racial…
BiographyJudith Mason
Born Judith Seelander Menge on 10 October 1938 in Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She…
BiographyAdam Glasser
Adam Glasser was born on the 20th September, 1955 in Cambridge, England, then later moved to Johannesburg, South Africa with his family…
BiographyBenni Gwigwi Mrwebi
Gwigwi Mrwebi, also called ‘Bra Gwigwi’, whose birth name was Benni, was a well known alto saxophonist in the 1950’s South African Jazz…
BiographyPitika Ntuli
Born in Springs, situated east of Johannesburg, Pitika Ntuli grew up with a keen interest in art. As a young man, he got involved in…
BiographyJudy Anne Seidman
BiographyNicolaas Cornelius Carstens
Nico Carstens was a popular South African composer of accordion music. He got his first accordion at the age of 13 and won an adult music…
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa in 1959. He attended…