Africa
45,734 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0009114 | biography | Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart | 1894-1982 | – |
| B-0009003 | biography | Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi | 1943 | ✓ |
| B-0009000 | biography | Lucas Seage | 1956-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0008942 | biography | Dolly Rathebe | 1928-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0008875 | biography | Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba | 1912-2001 | ✓ |
| B-0008860 | biography | Goolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad | 1912 | ✓ |
| B-0008782 | biography | Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle | 1922-1963 | ✓ |
| B-0008768 | biography | Henry Reed Ngcayiya | 1863-1928 | ✓ |
| B-0008532 | biography | Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda | 1916-1993 | – |
| B-0008503 | biography | Charlotte Maxeke | 1874-1939 | ✓ |
| B-0008471 | biography | Emma Thandi Mashinini | 1929-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0008455 | biography | Dikobe Ben Martins | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008442 | biography | Chief Maqoma | – | – |
| B-0008119 | biography | Vera Gow (Adams) | 1942 | ✓ |
| B-0008034 | biography | Bettie du Toit | 1910-2002 | ✓ |
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart was born on 5 December 1894 in Morgenzon, Winburg district. He was the son of Hermanus Bernardus Swart and…
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
Mmapula Mmakgoba Helen Sebidi was born in Marapyane, near Hammanskraal,on 5th March in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs…
BiographyLucas Seage
Lucas Seage was born on 02 November 1956 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Seage attended Barolong High School in Gaborone, Botswana and then…
BiographyDolly Rathebe
Dolly Rathebe was born in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg in 1928, but grew up within the unique cultural and political milieu of…
BiographyMilwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba
Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not offered at the Van der…
BiographyGoolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad
Pahad left India for South Africa in 1919, but returned to India with his father in 1922 to continue with his educational studies. When…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
Looksmart Khulile Ngudle was born on 22 May 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him…
BiographyHenry Reed Ngcayiya
He trained as a teacher at Healdtown Institution, a Methodist boarding school near Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. Ngcayiya left the…
BiographySolomzi Ashby Peter Mda
Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda was born on 6th April 1916, in Herschel district, bordering Lesotho. He was the first son of Mildred Mei, a school…
BiographyCharlotte Maxeke
Where was Charlotte Maxeke born? Many sources cite Charlotte Maxeke’s (née Mannya) birth place as Fort Beaufort the Eastern Cape,…
BiographyEmma Thandi Mashinini
Emma Thandi Mashinini was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to…
BiographyDikobe Ben Martins
"As politics must teach people the ways and give them the means to take control over their own lives, art must teach people, in the most…
BiographyChief Maqoma
"Without question Maqoma was the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa's 19th-century frontier wars.Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand…
BiographyVera Gow (Adams)
Vera Gow was born on 14 February 1942 in Cape Town. Her primary school years were spent near Evaton in the Free State Province where her…
BiographyBettie du Toit
Bettie Du Toit was born on 15 July in 1910, on a farm in the former Transvaal Province. She was orphaned at three when her father died. Her…