A black man called Sekoto
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img wiAlthough he left South Africa in the 1940s and never returned, Gerard Sekoto is regarded as one of this country’s foremost painters. In recent years, thanks to the exhoustive efforts of a number of his admirers, Sekoto’s work has once more been brought to the forefront of the consciousness of South African art lovers.dt
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Although he left South Africa in the 1940s and never returned, Gerard Sekoto is regarded as one of this country’s foremost painters. In recent years, thanks to the exhaustive efforts of a number of his admirers, Sekoto’s work has once more been brought to the forefront of the consciousness of South African art lovers.
In this fascinating narrative of exile, Chabani Manganyi, a clinical psychologist by training, draws on several in depth interviews with Sekoto and on his extensive correspondence to consider both the specificity and the Universality of the life of a South African who chose to live in France in order to remain true to his creative commitments and talents.
This readable, dramatic and intriguing work will appeal both to a lay audience interested in the life of an ultimately tragic figure and to readers involved in cultural and literary studies.