The Short Century

List of Artists
In alphabetical order

Georges Adéagbo
* 1942 Cotonou, Benin; lives there.

Jane Alexander
* 1959 Johannesburg, South Africa. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Ghada Amer
* 1963 Cairo, Egypt. Lives in Paris, France, and New York, USA.

Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé
* 1963 Odo-Eku, Nigeria. Lives in London, United Kingdom.

Georgina Beier
* 1936 London, United Kingdom. Lived in Nigeria.

Zarina Bhimji
* 1963 Mbarara, Uganda. Lives in London, United Kingdom.

Alexander "Skunder" Boghossian
* 1937 Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
+ 2003 Washington, DC, USA.

Willem Boshoff
* 1951 Vereeniging, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
* 1923 Zéprégüuhé, Côte d'Ivoire. Lives in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Ahmed Cherkaoui
* 1934 Boujad, Morocco.
+ 1967 Casablanca, Morocco.

Gebre Kristos Desta
* 1932 Harar, Ethiopia.
+ 1981 Lawton, Oklahoma, USA.

Uzo Egonu
* 1931 Onitsha, Nigeria.
+ 1998 London, United Kingdom.

Ibrahim Mohammed El Salahi
* 1930 Omdurman, Sudan. Lives in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Erhabor Ogieva Emokpae
* 1934 Benin City, Nigeria. + 1984

Touhami Ennadre
* 1953 Casablanca, Morocco. Lives in Paris, France.

Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu
* 1918 Onitsha, Nigeria.
+ 1994 Lagos, Nigeria

Dumile Feni (Mslaba)
* between 1939 and 1944 Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa.
+ 1991 New York, USA.

Samuel Fosso
* 1962 Kunmba, Cameroon. Lives in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Kendell Geers
* 1968 Johannesburg, South Africa. Lives in London, United Kingdom, and Brussels, Belgium.

David Goldblatt
* 1930 Randfontein, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Kay Hassan
* 1956 Johannesburg, South Africa; lives there.

Kamala Ishaq
* 1939 Sudan. Lives in Muscat, Oman.

Gavin Jantjes
* 1948 Cape Town, South Africa. Lives in Oslo, Norway.

Marion Kaplan
* London, United Kingdom. Lives in Paris, France.

Kaswende
* 1960 Katanga, Zambia. Lives in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Seydou Keïta
* 1923 Bamako, Mali.
+ 2001 Paris, France.

William Kentridge
* 1955 Johannesburg, South Africa; lives there.

Bodys Isek Kingelez
* 1948 Kimbenbele-Ihunga, Congo. Lives in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Vincent Kofi
* 1923 Odumasi-Krobo, Ghana. + 1974

Rachid Koraïchi
* 1947 Aïn Beida, Algeria. Lives in Paris, France.

Sydney Kumalo
* 1935 Johannesburg, South Africa.
+ 1988 Johannesburg, South Africa.

Moshekwa Langa
* 1975 Bakenberg, Potgietersrus, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Christian Lattier
* 1925 Grande Lahou, Côte d'Ivoire.
+ 1978 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Ernest Mancoba
* 1904 Boksburg/Johannesburg, South Africa.
+ 2002 Clamart, France.

Santu Mofokeng
* 1956 Johannesburg, South Africa; lives there.

Zwelethu Mthethwa
* 1960 Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

John Ndevasia Muafangejo
* 1943 Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Namibia.
+ 1987 Katutura Township/Windhoek, Namibia.

Thomas Mukarobgwa
* 1924 Nyanga, Zimbabwe.
+ 1999 Harare, Zimbabwe.

Iba N'Diaye
* 1928 Saint-Louis, Senegal.
+ 2008 Paris, France.

Malangatana Ngwenya
* 1936 Matalana, Mozambique. Lives in Maputo, Mozambique.

Amir Nour
* 1939 Shendi, Sudan.

Demas Nwoko
* 1935 Idumuje-Ugboko, Nigeria.

Uche Okeke
* 1933 Nimo, Nigeria.

Antonio Olé
* 1951 Luanda, Angola; lives there.

Ben Osawe
* 1931 Agbor, Nigeria. Lives in Benin City, Nigeria.

Ricardo Rangel
* 1924 Lorenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique.
+ 2009 Maputo, Mozambique.

Marc Riboud
* 1923 Lyon, France.

Gerard Sekoto
* 1913 Botshabelo, Middleburg, South Africa.
+ 1993 Paris, France.

Twins Seven-Seven
* 1944 Ogidi Ikimu, Nigeria. Lives in Pennsylvania, USA.

Yinka Shonibare
* 1962 London, United Kingdom; Nigerian origin; lives there.

Malick Sidibé
* 1936 Soloba, Mali. Lives in Bamako, Mali.

Gazbia Sirry
* 1925 Cairo, Egypt.

Lucas Sithole
* 1931 KwaThema, South Africa.
+ 1994 on the Swaziland border, South Africa.

Cecil Skotnes
* 1926 East London, South Africa.
+ 2009 Cape Town, South Africa.

Pascale Marthine Tayou
* 1967 Yaounde, Cameroon. Lives there and in Brussels, Belgium.

Tshibumba Kanda Matulu
* mid 1940s Lubumbashi, Congo; left Lubumbashi in the early 1980s and has been missing since.

Ouattara Watts
* 1957 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Lives in New York, USA.

Susanne Wenger
* 1915 Graz, Austria. Lived in Nigeria, where she was a Yoruba priestess.
+ 2009 Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.

Sue Williamson
* 1941 Lichfield, United Kingdom. In 1948, her family emigrated to South Africa. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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