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| (CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA The art of African women is taking
center stage in a unique exhibit at Philadelphia's African American Museum
extended now until August 7th. More than just painting, it's a staging of artistic culture and pride. Duduzeeli is unlike other 19-year-olds. |
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"When I first started to do my artwork I was four," Duduzeeli said.
She's an artist from one of the poorest and most remote communities of South
Africa.
A woman of the Ndebele Tribe is painting its signature and complex geometric
designs at the African American Museum through Friday.
"It means a lot to me because some people forgot where they are from and
that's what I like to show them," Duduzeeli said.
The exhibit, the art of African women, is the photographic work of Margaret
Courtney-Clarke who spent 15 years in South Africa capturing women's unique
artistry.
"Their life is very extremely hard. They can grow nothing in the soil.
They have only extraordinary ability to decorate their homes to add some color
and life and interest in their surroundings," Courtney Clarke said.
The pattern is first laid out by the artists' fingertips mixing paint from
ground stones and cow manure.
"You dip your hands into the paint and you use the fingers to draw the
lines of the pattern," Duduzeeli said.
It is perfectly straight without a ruler.
Courtney-Clarke created a foundation to help teach young girls the dying art
so the Ndebele can survive economically.
"I'm absolutely devoted to this project and because I've seen the
results," Courtney Clarke said.
Duduzeeli is now studying computers and selling jeans painted with her beloved
Ndebele patterns. As a child she used to study by candlelight and now:
"Now we have everything we have electricity Duduzeeli said.
They also have another young woman anchored to the creative spirit of her
homeland.
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