My Eland’s Heart - Marlene Sullivan Winberg

Condition: Good. Clean and tidy copy.
Format: Softcover
Published: 2001 (David Philip)
Pages: 136
ISBN: 9780864863751

My Elands Heart brings together the art and stories of seventeen !Xun and Khwe artists who live and work in South Africa. Members of two San communities that were displaced by decades of war in Angola and Namibia and recently resettled in the semi-desert of the Northern Cape, these men and women belong to the !Xun and Khwe San Art and Culture Project. Their work is becoming increasingly well known and appreciated in both South Africa and abroad.

This book showcases their astonishing art and sets it in the context of the lives, oral traditions and history of the communities. The vibrant paintings and craft will be a revelation for many, suggesting as they do the power of the imagination to transform and transcend even the harshest of circumstances.