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Exhibit Title

Becoming Ndebele: The Decorated Homes of Matabeleland

Author

Preview

Document Type

Promotional Material

Dimensions

13 x 18 cm.

Exhibit Dates

January 17 - February 10, 2006

Artist(s)

Brenda Molife

Venue

Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College

Note on the Artist(s)

Brenda Molife is a faculty member in the Department of Art.

Description

The photos in this exhibit are from Dr. Molife’s dissertation research in 1995-1997. The homes were all painted by women who live in Zimbabwe. The women decorate their homes to show their communities that they maintain a clean, presentable household and are respectable, good women. Historically, in this area, only Ndebele paint their homes, for others to do so is to adopt this ethnicity as one’s own or to “Become Ndebele.”

Recommended Citation

"Becoming Ndebele: The Decorated Homes of Matabeleland" (2006). Bridgewater State University Art Exhibits. Item 17.
Available at https://vc.bridgew.edu/bsu_art_shows/17