1984
Photo-etching and screenprint collage
100 x 70 cm
From A Few South Africans series
Courtesy of The Goodman Gallery.
Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu was one of the most important anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and the wife of fellow activist Walter Sisulu. During her husband’s imprisonment on Robben Island from 1964 to 1989, Albertina, who worked as a nurse, also underwent detention and ten years of house arrest. Nonetheless, she continued to work for human rights, focusing particularly on the strengthening of women’s organisations.