Zanele Muholi

Kodwa I, Amsterdam

Maker

Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972)

Title

Kodwa I, Amsterdam
from the Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail, the Dark Lioness) series

Year

2017

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 100 x 66.7 cm (39 3/8 x 26 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label compartment lower right corner on verso; flap opens to show printed label

Identification

Edition

Edition of 8

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2018.16

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 14: Shadows

The RISD Museum’s fourteenth issue of Manual shines a light on the shadow, centering the black body as a site of possibility, liberatory self-awareness, radical non-conformity, and joyful defiance. This issue serves as a companion to the exhibition Defying the Shadow.

Manual 14: Shadows opens with an excerpt on the shadow from W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk, followed by an introduction by Dr. Anita N. Bateman, who elucidates: “Operating in the shadow comes with a legacy of resistance, both in spiritual and ideological forms.”

Articles

Black Hair Future

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Tombstone

Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972)
Kodwa I, Amsterdam; from the Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail, the Dark Lioness) series, 2017
Gelatin silver print
Image: 100 x 66.7 cm (39 3/8 x 26 1/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2018.16

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