The Wretched of The Earth 2020
The Wretched of the Earth 2020 Hand-woven archival ink-jet prints with the entire text from Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth 201 × 194.5 × 10 cm
Wretched of the Earth (detail)
detail
An Outpost of Progress 2019
An Outpost of Progress 2019 Hand-woven archival ink-jet prints 90 x 64 cm
An Outpost of Progress is a short story written in July 1897 by Joseph Conrad, drawing on his own experience at Congo. It was published in the magazine Cosmopolis in 1897 and was later collected in Tales of Unrest in 1898. Often compared with Heart of Darkness, Conrad considered it his best tale, owing to its “scrupulousness of tone” and “severity of discipline”.
Mhudi 2019
Mhudi 2019 Hand-woven archival ink-jet prints 292 x 101.5 x 8.5 cm
Mhudi (detail) 2019
Mhudi: An Epic of South African Native Life a Hundred Years Ago by Sol Plaatje is the first novel by a black South African. It was completed in 1920, but only published in 1930. In it Plaatje describes a period in South African history that offers a different perspective from the prevailing Euro-centric versions of the time.
Mhudi explores the period of the Mfecane when both the Zulu and Boer military and territorial aspirations led to catastrophic warfare and migration. It was a time when the racial fault lines of southern African politics of the last 100 year were drawn.
Mhudi follows the wonderings a woman and her husband whose Barolong (or Tswana) city of Kunana is sacked by Mzilikazi’s Matabele/Ndebele army who had broken away from Shaka’s Zulu empire. The novel details the military alliance of the Boers and Barolong who joined forces to defeat Mzilikazi and force the Matabele into modern day Zimbabwe. The novel explores notions of identity, belonging, statelessness and both racial tension and possible harmony. – M. Blackman
Fahrenheit 451 2019 Hand-woven archival ink-jet prints (the entire text of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury) 199 x 90 cm
Fear and Loathing out of Harare 2016 Hand-woven archival ink-jet prints 29 × 22 cm short story by Zimbabwean author Dambudzo Marechera
