Abangani Art Centre, Durban

Coordinates: -29.8470, 30.9560
Updated: 20 Jul 2026

https://www.contemporaryand.com/magazines/celebrating-transition-from-apartheid-to-democracy-the-constitutional-court-art-collection-of-south-africa/ — Artwork by Joseph Ndlovu, Created at the Abangani Art Centre in Durban

In the 1980's Joseph Bheki Ndlovu, an artist and illustrator, joined the Abangani Open School in Durban as a youth organiser and an arts and craft teacher. Abangani was formed as a response to the demand of Black students who wanted an art education in the city centre of Durban. Its premise was very similar to that of other organisations like it, such as the Community Arts Project (CAP) which were based in Cape Town.

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01Hobbs, Philippa & Rankin, Elizabeth. Rorke's Drift: Empowering Prints. Juta & Co. 2003, Pp 220.

Last updated · 20 Jul 2026

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South African History Online. (2017, June 29). Abangani Art Centre, Durban. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0123628

South African History Online (2017) 'Abangani Art Centre, Durban', South African History Online, 29 June. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0123628 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, Abangani Art Centre, Durban [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0123628, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"Abangani Art Centre, Durban." South African History Online, 29 June 2017, https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0123628. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Abangani Art Centre, Durban." South African History Online. June 29, 2017. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0123628.