Henry Tayali

Henry Tayali

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Zambia
Birth name	Henry Nkole Tayali
Name wey dem give am	Henry
Family name	Tayali
Ein date of birth	22 November 1943
Place dem born am	Serenje
Date wey edie	22 July 1987
Place wey edie	Aachen
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	English
Ein occupation	sculptor, painter, printmaker, storyteller, lecturer
Educate for	Makerere University, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Mpopoma High School
Copyright status as creator	works protected by copyrights

Henry Nkole Tayali (22 November 1943 – 22 July 1987) na he be a multi-lingual Zambian painter, sculptor, printmaker, raconteur den lecturer. Na dem describe am as Zambia ein most famous painter.

Biography

Early life

Na dem born Tayali for 22 November 1943 to Edward Nkole Tayali (1914–1995) den Esnati Mumba Tayali (née Chola, 1923–1963) insyd Serenje insyd de British Colony of Northern Rhodesia (later e cam turn Zambia), a town near de site of de Nsalu 12,000-year-old rock den cave paintings. Ein poppie, de first born of five kiddies, na he win a scholarship make he study for a South African University, buh he never take it up secof ein own mommie die suddenly, wey he choose make he stay den look after ein younger siblings. In order make he support dem, Tayali ein poppie emigrate from Northern Rhodesia make he work insyd Bulawayo insyd Southern Rhodesia, wey he end up insyd de Department of Housing and Amenities.

Read further

• Zukas, Cynthia (1993) (in English). "Henry Tayali: A Re-Assessment"
• Fall, N'Gone and Pivin, Jean Loup (2002) (in English). "An Anthology of African Art"
• Pitcher, Gemma; Andrew, David; Armstrong, Kate; Bainbridge, James; Bewer, Tim and Carillet, Jean-Bernard (2007) (in English). "Africa"

External links

• Three watercolours by Henry Tayali Archived 3 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Shipwrecked, Sunset Road, and The Omen, held by the Harmon Foundation, at the US National Archive