- Title
- It’s an African proverb: conceptualizing narratives through the use of African subject matter
- Creator
- Chithambo, N'lamwai Luntha
- ThesisAdvisor
- Dixie, Christine, 1966-
- ThesisAdvisor
- Folaranmi, Stephen
- Subject
- Proverbs, African
- Subject
- Oral tradition Africa
- Subject
- Biography in art
- Subject
- Myth in art
- Subject
- Storytelling in art
- Subject
- Comic books, strips, etc. Themes, motives
- Subject
- Mental illness in art
- Date
- 2023-10-13
- Type
- Academic theses
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/425311
- Identifier
- vital:72228
- Description
- The research by practice is made up of three points of interest that aim to incorporate storytelling into the work with reference to the comic book genre. These points of interest are: experiences of mental health issues from a young man’s perspective, a unique autobiographical experience unpacking the young man’s mental health struggle and African oral traditions. These three points of interest work towards the goal of using African subject matter to uncover and present a meaningful narrative of a young man dealing with mental health problems and his father figure’s ongoing sit-down conversation with him. This mini-thesis breaks down the different components of the research by practice and analyses each component while drawing from various theorists and artists. The mini-thesis also builds up to the idea of using original African subject matter (e.g. African oral traditions, specifically African objects, subjects, and locations) as a means of cultivating a locus of African identity in the comic book industry. The research by practice intersects with this mini-thesis in that it acts as an example of how I visualise African subject matter being used in the theorising and creation of comic books.
- Description
- Thesis (MFA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Fine Art, 2023
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (56 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, Fine Art
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Chithambo, N'lamwai Luntha
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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