Art and Revolution - The Life and Death of Thami Mnyele (Paperback) by Diana Wylie

Art and Revolution - The Life and Death of Thami Mnyele (Paperback)

Diana Wylie

The life of the artist Thami Mnyele, who played a vanguard role in efforts to throw open the doors of South African culture, spanned the era of apartheid. Born in 1948 in Johannesburg, he came of age in a time and place that offered a young black artist like him little encouragement.

In 1985, during the dying days of apartheid, he was killed in a raid by the South African army on Gaborone, Botswana, where he had gone into exile to join the banned ANC.

Professor Diana Wylies beautifully written literary biography reveals the struggles inside and around a gentle South African artist as he remade himself into a revolutionary soldier, and brings fresh insights to our understanding of South Africas recent history.