The Contemporary South African Artist as Global Citizen.
In this article I investigate the ways in which a new humanism can assist contemporary artists in South Africa in making their work relevant to a global audience. Following the ideas of Chielozona Eze (Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa. Rochester: University of Rochester P...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of African Renaissance Studies Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 110 - 125 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May2022
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