Library weekly: Malangatana Valente Ngwenya

Malangatana Ngwenya 2009 in Grandola, Portugal (Wikimedia Commons, Bunks, CC BY-SA 3.0)On 6 June 1936, Mozambican painter and poet Malangatana Valente Ngwenya was born in Matanala, a village in the south of Portuguese Mozambique. He was known for his large canvases and dramatic paintings and was also a sculptor. He frequently exhibited work under his first name alone, as Malangatana. Malangatana Valente Ngwenya is featured in our Library Weekly.