Schneider, Elizabeth Ann

Elizabeth Schneider lived in South Africa for a total of fourteen years between 1975 and 1996. Concerned and curious about life for the black population living under apartheid, she determined to befriend her flat cleaner, Elizabeth Mngadi. Forbidden Friends is based on a detailed diary of their evolving relationship and their personal confrontations with apartheid. A professional artist and photographer, the author earned her Ph.D. in African Art at the University of Witwatersrand for "Paint, Pride and Politics," a study of the distinctive wall paintings by Ndebele tribal women. The New York P...