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Galerie Ezakwantu

 

Welcome to our showroom of Southern, Eastern and  Central African art. Beautiful objects have been assembled in the quest to discover outstanding material culture of Southern Africa's artistic present and past.

Ken Karner

 

 

 

 

 

 

Galerie Ezakwantu - Franschhoek South Africa

 

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Ezakwantu - Things from the House of the People.

This is what Galerie Ezakwantu offers. Things from the people, created for everyday living, imbued with aesthetic, spiritual, ritual and personal value, in the Southern African way.

 

 

 

 

Utinuni - Nephew of Shaka  - G. F. Angas 1849

 

 

Authentic artifacts, bold as the 19th century royal Zulu warrior Utinuni, the Ezakwantu logo.

Amanda Hibbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Southern African Tribes - History

 

An information portal to Southern African Tribal Peoples

 

 

 

Site Map - Sitemap

 

 

The Regions Migrations - Peoples - Wars - Art History

 

 

 

 

 

The Suto-Chuana Clans

 

North Sotho -South Sotho - Tswana

 

The  Ba Tlokoa  

The Lobedu

The Sotho 

The North Sotho

The Pedi

The Venda

The Ba Roka

 

 

The South Nguni

 Gcaleka - Fingo - Mfengu - Thembu - Pondo and Xhosa clans.

 

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Lister Hunter

Set - A

Abakwetha

Set - B

Scarification

Set - C

Initiation

Set - D

Tattoo

Set - E

Wedding

Set - F

Birth

Set - G

Tribes

 

 

Central and SE African Topical Interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central and Southern African History

 

by Country

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern African Book Title Guide

 

 

Congo and East African Titles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Over the past 30 years, the gallery and/or the owner, have sold objects to the following national, state and local collections.

 

Europe

 

British Museum - London - UK

Musée Français de la Brasserie - Saint-Nicolas de Port - France

 

South Africa

 

Johannesburg Art Gallery - Johannesburg
Local History Museum - Durban
National Art Gallery - Cape Town

US Embassy – Pretoria
William Humphrey Art Gallery - Kimberly
Wits University Art Gallery - Johannesburg

KwaZulu Cultural Museum - Ulundi  Kwa Zulu Natal

 

USA

 

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University
Indiana University Art Museum
Fowler Museum at UCLA - Los Angeles
Seattle Art Museum - Washington
The University of Iowa Museum of Art

OBO OM ART - US Department of State
 

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Franschhoek South Africa

 

 

        SA Blueberry Co       

 

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Cape Dutch Homesteads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dirties...

 

Welcome to our Political Blog

 

 

We have been advised that mixing business with politics is bad for business and that we should mind our business and so on. Management generally agrees - but we think business would function better in a world which should be improved. With that in mind, we make it our business to make a difference while still in business. (and hey - we also make rhymes) Why must we police the police? Be ruled by idiots and evil? Kill people in their gardens? Read on...

 

 

 

 

SAPS - South African Police Service

 

Franschhoek Police - Crime

 

The Franschhoek Police - Cooked the Books

 

 

 

Africa's Outrage!

 

 robert mugabe, xenophobia

 

 

 

Stars and Stripes Outrage !!!

 

 

 

 

What is the difference between Coke and Pepsi?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Origins of the name Karner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's at the end of Rainbow?

 

 

 

 

The Farm! Buy it Now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Treasures Wanted

 

 

   

 

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Welcome to Galerie Ezakwantu online African art gallery. Our homepage gives a taste of all the African art and African crafts as well as African collectables that we have on offer. Currently on our home page you can find a traditional Yoruba chair as well as a traditional Yoruba table which showcase the African furniture and African furnishings that we have available to give a home an African décor or ethnic décor. We also have African masks, Ghana masks, Ebony sculptures African door panels such as the Songye panel, a Dogon marriage stool / Dogon marriage table, Fakeye carvings from the family of Fakeye carvers such as Akin Fakeye, Lamidi Fakeye, Gani Fakeye, Ganiyu Fakeye and AK Fakeye. Our collectors section currently has a range of African art and African masks such as the Bwa mask also known as a Bwa plank mask, Chokwe mask and other African masks as well as Chokwe maternity figure also known as a fertility figure, Dan mask from Ivory coast showing how diverse Africa art and African crafts can be. Featured in this section is Ibeji dolls or Ibeji twin dolls from the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, Kanaga mask, Luba headrest and other headrest or neckrests as they are sometimes called, Kifwebe mask, African drummer or African musician, African sculpture of a Yoruba drummer, African carvings such as Yoruba carvings, Yoruba sculptures, Yoruba belt, Zulu shield from South Africa, Ghana mask, African mask, Punu mask/ Our contemporary African art or Modern African art section includes African art such as mother and child profile, African mother and child plaques, African prints, Ebony sculptures, Ebony figure, Ebony African art, African wooden sculptures, traditional African woman sculptures, African musician, sculptures of African musicians. Great as decorative African art or examples of African artwork, or African art work We have a large array of African prints and African paintings such as Ethnic prints and Ethnic paintings and Tribal paintings and Tribal prints perfect for creating an Ethnic décor of African décor great as wall hangings. Our sculptures includes Ebony sculptures, two toned ebony sculptures, fertility dolls, Akan fertility doll, Ashanti fertility dolls, traditional Yoruba sculptures, Yoruba art, Zulu art, Zulu shield. Our musical section includes djembe drums, or djembe drum, junjun drum and Kpanlogo drum. Other African drums and African musical instruments including talking drum and sekere. The Fakeye and traditional Yoruba section has African sculptures, African figures, African art, Fakeye carvings, Fakeye carving from Fakeye carvers and Fakeye family of African art and African sculptures carvers as well as traditional Yoruba furniture and traditional Yoruba furnishing, Yoruba tables and Yoruba chair, perfect for ethnic furnishing and ethnic furniture, snakeskin wallets, African wallets, African jewellery, beaded African jewellery, African jewelry, or African jewels, and Massi jewellery or Massi jewelry, Kuba cloths, African textiles, African mud cloths, Batik, and African printed textiles, as well as African cloths. Great African artwork is showcased to create a African home décor with our range of decorative African art as well as African collectables, modern African art on our online African art gallery. We update our online African art gallery so save us in your favorites.