Virginia Mngoma

Virginia Mngoma

1984 Photo-etching and screenprint collage 100 x 70 cm From A Few South Africans series Courtesy of The Goodman Gallery. Thokozile Virginia Mngoma was a member of the African National Congress from a very young age. and was banned for a year in 1953. The most...
Nokukanya Lutuli

Nokukanya Lutuli

1983 Photo-etching and screenprint collage 100 x 70 cm From A Few South Africans series Courtesy of The Goodman Gallery. Nokukanya Lutuli was a teacher when she married her husband, Albert, in 1927. He became president of the African National Congress, and in 1960, he...
Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba

1987 Photo-etching and screenprint collage 100 x 70 cm From A Few South Africans series Courtesy of The Goodman Gallery. Born in Johannesburg in 1932, Miriam Zensile Makeba was 20 when she became a vocalist with top local group the Manhattan Brothers. As the star of...
Mamphela Ramphele

Mamphela Ramphele

1985 Photo-etching and screenprint collage 100 x 70 cm From A Few South Africans series Courtesy The Goodman Gallery. In 1983 Dr Mamphela Ramphele was named South African Woman of the Year for her remarkable efforts at Lenyenye, a dreary resettlement area in the...
Lillian Ngoyi

Lillian Ngoyi

1984 Photo-etching and screenprint collage 100 x 70 cm From A Few South Africans series Courtesy The Goodman Gallery. The small, restless, dominating figure of Lilian Ngoyi typified the new spirit of feminine defiance in the ’50s. Her brilliant personality shot...