A Few South Africans: Mamphela Ramphele

CCAC #: 0322
Artwork title: A Few South Africans: Mamphela Ramphele
Artist(s): Sue Williamson
Year made: 1985
Artwork type: Paper
Medium: Photo etching / Silkscreen on paper
Framed dimensions (in mm): 1215 x 975
Edition: 6/95
Artwork series: A Few South Africans
Source: Donated by artist
Year acquired: 1996
Installation type: Movable artwork
Location area: On private display
Signage:

Ramphele was a founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, with Steve Biko. Apart from being a political activist, she qualified as a doctor. In 1975, she founded the Zanempilo Community Health Centre in the Eastern Cape, only to be banished to the opposite end of the country. She became an academic leader, politician, and public servant.


CCAC 428032

Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
Photo copyright: CCT

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