I was born in South Africa and spent my earliest years there and in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) and in Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), eventually leaving Zimbabwe to study Fine Art in Durban, South Africa. It was whilst a student that I became involved in politics opposing the apartheid regime. I had detested the racism of these countries from my early teens, when I first became aware of apartheid’s many injustices. As it became increasingly difficult to live with the tension and difficulties that arose as an opponent of the system there, I decided to move to Britain the land of my ancestors (some of whom had emigrated to South Africa in 1806). In Sheffield, I joined a group opposed to apartheid and deeply appreciated living in a country which allowed me new freedoms.


Butcher Works, City Centre