John Muafangejo was born in Etunda lo Ghandi in the area of Ovamboland, in Southern Angola. He studied art at the College of Art in Rorke’s Drift from 1967 to 1969. After completing his studies he began teaching at the Lutheran Centre for Arts and Crafts in Odibo, Ovamboland.
By the age of 25 Muafangejo was represented by works in the exhibition “Contemporary African Art” in the Camden Arts Centre in London. As an artist he was more recognised for his graphics than his paintings. His motifs were drawn from his everyday life, history, his surroundings and politics. Muafangejo died of a heart attack in 1987, leaving behind an astounding 5000 linoleum cuts and just over a dozen paintings.
