MIHLOTI YA NTSAKO, journeys with the Bongi Dhlomo Collection

322pp., b/w & colour illustrated., paperback, Javett Art Centre, University of Pretoria, 2022

ISBN: 9780639718248

Winner of The Arts Council of the African Studies Association's Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award 2024.

Contributions include:

"A time to appreciate the Bongi Dhlomo Collection" by Thembinkosi Goniwe

"The significance of the Bongi Dhlomo Collection" by Mmutle Arthur Kgokong

"In her own words: A conversation with Bongi Dhlomo"

"Yakhal' Inkomo: the inaugural exhibition of the Bongi Dhlomo Collection" by Tumelo Mosaka.

The Bongi Dhlomo Collection includes 138 artworks produced in the twentieth century by black South African artists both known and unknown.

Artist, curator and arts administrator Bongi Dhlomo was born in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal in 1956. She obtained a Fine Arts Diploma (Printmaking) from the Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre in 1979. In 2016 she was invited by Christopher Till to put this collection together.

Art historian Pfunzo Sidogi is Head of the Department of Fine and Studio Arts, Faculty of Arts and Design, Tshwane University of Technology.