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Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwane

Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwane (1923 - 2010) was active/lived in South Africa.  Jackson Hlungwane is known for Christian iconography wood sculpture.

Jackson Hlungwani (1923 - 2010)

The son of a Shangaan migrant worker, Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwani was born in Nkanyani Village, Gazankulu, in 1923. His father taught him how to carve household objects, sharpen tools and work with iron (Coates, 2010). He herded cattle as a child, and the time spent in the veld offered him the perfect opportunity to observe animals, birds and fish. At a young age, Hlungwani sought employment through migrant labour; he worked at an asbestos mine in Polokwane, and for a coffee and tea merchant in Johannesburg, but returned home after losing a finger in an industrial accident (Coates, 2010).

Hlungwani was ordained in the African Zionist Church in 1946, and later founded his own church at Bbhokota near Elim in the Northern Province, which he called 'Yesu Galeliya One Aposto in Sayoni Alt and Omega'. From the 1960s, he built low stone wall structures at the site he called 'New Jerusalem', where he taught his followers and helped the sick. At this   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4765 characters.]  Artist bio

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