
“Sibathontisele” at 15: Zimbabwean Ethnopolitics and the Work of Owen Maseko
WebinarArt Curator and Scholar Zoè Samudzi offers a reflection on the ethnopolitical and historical implications of “Sibathontisele” (2010-present), a series of paintings by Zimbabwean artist and genocide survivor Owen Maseko. The talk traces a throughline between the Gukurahundi genocide (1982-87), the subject matter of the series, and the relationship between Maseko’s repression as a Ndebele […]