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George Mnyaluza Milwa Pemba (South African 1912-2001) NEAR KING WILLIAM'S TOWN Signed, dated 1935 watercolour on paper George Pemba Retrospective Exhibition, South African National Gallery, April-July 1996. (Catalogue no. 9). Proud, Hayden and Feinberg, B.(1996). George Pemba Retrospective Exhibition.S.A. National Gallery and Mayibuye Centre, Cape Town.p.107 (29) 24 by 35cm Ignored for many years, George Pemba finally received national acclaim as a significant and authentic documenter of mid-century life in South Africa with a retrospective exhibition at the Iziko South African National Gallery in 1996 . He was a gifted water colourist and during the years 1933 – 1947 produced some of his best works.Born into a Xhosa lineage, his subjects included portrait studies of kinsmen around his home of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, as well as landscapes of the surrounding countryside and paintings with historic themes. Near King Wlliam’s Town depicts a peaceful, rural scene on first glance. However, the imposition of a colonial farmstead barn with outbuildings and cattle upon the historic landscape of the Amathole mountain bowl is loaded with the memory of hegemonic battles fought during the Frontier Wars.473During the 19th century, the focus of imperial ambition was to extend the Cape Colony border into the lands of independent Xhosa chiefdoms. Frequent wars were fought here - including the 7th Frontier War, known as the Amathole War or the War of the Axe - usually over the appropriation of faming land, cattle theft and the imposition of colonial jurisdiction. It was into the forested ravines of the Amathole range, that the Xhosa armies escaped, clearing the way for the invading Cape Colonial government to build military towns and fortified farms in order to secure the border areas for its farmers.The Amathole Range to this day holds significance for Xhosa people who revere it as an ancestral burial site of heroic chiefs and kings, including Maqoma (1798-1873) and Sandile (1820-1878).Pemba was posthumously honoured with the State Presidents highest award of merit – The Order of Ikhamenga. - C.K. 1.Proud, Hayden & Feinberg, Barry (eds.) 1996. George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba: Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue. South African National Gallery, Cape Town.