Consulter la cote et le prix de George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (1912-2001) GRANNY ZIBI signed and dated 83 on board 55 by 40cm Maud Zibi (nee Sidzumo) was born in 1887 and moved with her family from what was later the Transkei to Mafikeng in the 1890s. She survived the siege of 1899- 1900 as a young girl and came to know Sol Plaatje, then court interpreter, very well. One of her brothers, Patrick Sidzumo, was the magistrate's court messenger, working alongside Plaatje, and is often mentioned in Plaatje's siege diary. After the war, Maud Sidzumo trained at Lovedale as a school teacher and returned to Mafikeng at the end of 1904 to become principal of a local primary school. Later she married Chief Shadrack Zibi of the Middledrift district in the Eastern Cape. In 1923 she moved with him and members of his AmaHlubi clan to a large farm near the SA-Botswana border which they named Kayakulu. Granny Zibi, as she was known, lived there until her death at the age of 95. Pemba's portrait is the second one he undertook of Granny Zibi. The first portrait is in the possession of her descendants, Chief Zibi's family at Kayakulu, north- west of Rustenburg. ILLUSTRATED par George Pemba

George Pemba (1912-2001)
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George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (1912-2001) GRANNY ZIBI signed and dated 83 on board 55 by 40cm Maud Zibi (nee Sidzumo) was born in 1887 and moved with her family from what was later the Transkei to Mafikeng in the 1890s. She survived the siege of 1899- 1900 as a young girl and came to know Sol Plaatje, then court interpreter, very well. One of her brothers, Patrick Sidzumo, was the magistrate's court messenger, working alongside Plaatje, and is often mentioned in Plaatje's siege diary. After the war, Maud Sidzumo trained at Lovedale as a school teacher and returned to Mafikeng at the end of 1904 to become principal of a local primary school. Later she married Chief Shadrack Zibi of the Middledrift district in the Eastern Cape. In 1923 she moved with him and members of his AmaHlubi clan to a large farm near the SA-Botswana border which they named Kayakulu. Granny Zibi, as she was known, lived there until her death at the age of 95. Pemba's portrait is the second one he undertook of Granny Zibi. The first portrait is in the possession of her descendants, Chief Zibi's family at Kayakulu, north- west of Rustenburg. ILLUSTRATED Prix: 4 012.67 USD 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Estimations(basse-haute) : 7000 ZAR-10000.0 ZAR 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Stephan Welz & Co, Salle de vente 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.

Date de la vente : 21/10/2003 🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Référence de l'enchère : Live Sale