Description
TITLE: MWALANJO
NAME OF ARTIST: PAPOIM
STORY: WHEN A LOZI WOMAN IS BEING PREPARED FOR MARRIAGE SHE IS CALLED A ‘MWALANJO’. THIS PORTRAIT IS OF A LOZI LADY CALLED NYAMBE FROM LIFWEKO. A MWALANJO GOES THROUGH A SPECIAL TIME OF BONDING WITH HER GRANDMOTHER AS SHE LEARNS FROM MANY WOMEN IN HER COMMUNITY. FOR A TIME SHE IS SECLUDED FROM THE PUBLIC AND RELIEVED OF DAILY CHORES TO FOCUS ON LEARNING WHAT IT MEANS TO BECOME A TRUE LOZI WIFE.
MEDIA: OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
