| Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
| Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
| Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
Published by Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1996, softcover, large format, illustrated, 156 pages, condition: new.
The book explores the life, struggles, and artistic journey of George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba, who is celebrated today as a pioneer of modern black South African art.
Features a comprehensive narrative alongside numerous full-colour and black-and-white illustrations of Pemba's work.
The "Wilderness" Years: The book details how Pemba toiled in obscurity for most of his life, facing a complete lack of formal training infrastructure under apartheid.
Hudleston captures intimate biographical stories, such as a school inspector labeling a young Pemba "the idiot of Korsten" due to a severe stammer, which prompted his father to buy him his very first set of watercolours.
It chronicles how Pemba's art served as an empathic, accurate visual record of the social and political conditions of township and rural Eastern Cape life.
The text highlights his critical 1941 meeting with Gerard Sekoto, who convinced Pemba to switch from watercolours to oil paints, defining his later iconic style
