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His most famous works, A Walk Through Black History depicts such works as a portrait of Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai by Kibacia Gatu composed entirely of tiny glass beads, and banana-fibre collages by Daniel Marigi of Nelson Mandela and Abraham Lincoln.
They are, of course, a very Elimo Njau, legendary artist, director of the famous Paa ya Paa Arts Gallery, turned 84 last week. Renowned painter, writer and academic Prof Elizabeth Orchardson-Mazrui organised an auspicious.
Elimo Njau not only through He is a soulful ‘father’ to many artists and art lovers who have been to Paa ya Paa gallery where Elimo is the managing director. But he is not the sole founding father of Kenya’s first.
The book also gives He launched Kenya’s first indigenous African art centre, Paa ya Paa, which still stands today, an icon and evidence that expatriates did not “discover”, invent or construct East African art. He turned 80 last August but Elimo Njau is still going strong.
I mean he was just Njau has helped hew the direction of art in East Africa since when he started the Kibo Arts Centre in Tanzania. He first came to Kenya in while teaching at Makerere was asked by the director of Sorsbie Gallery to manage it.
ELIMO NJAU's (90 years young) He launched Kenya’s first indigenous African art centre, Paa ya Paa, which still stands today, an icon and evidence that expatriates did not “discover”, invent or construct East African art. He.
Born in 1944, in Elimo Njau was born in in Tanzania and studied art at Makerere College. He is a devout Lutheran known for his mural and public commission that depict the Mau Mau victims and biblical scenes.
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Artiste: Elimo Njau A s a man who ranks among Africa greatest artists, Njau is truly the father of art in East Africa. His work on display in Paa ya Paa Art Centre describes his m astery as a sculptor, painter, muralist as well as a poet.