Table of Contents

Preface: Loyiso Nongxa; Foreword: Bhekizizwe Peterson; Introduction:The art of beadwork: The Wits art museum (WAM) collections by Anitra Nettleton; 19th Century beaded histories: Tracing inventions of tradition through the photographic image by Anitra Nettleton; Mantle for royalty: The beadwork of the Nongoma region by Carol Boram Hayes; Beadwork of the followers of Isaiah Shembe: Continuity and change by Juliette Leeb du-Toit; Histories of South Sotho beadwork by David Riep; Beads and tradition among Tsonga-speakers of Limpopo and Mpumalanga by Rayda Becker; 'A new chapter for Xhosa beadwork': MaXhosa by Laduma and Laduma Ngxokolo's promotion of a Xhosa heritage by Christopher Richards; In conversation with Esther and Sophie Mahlangu, 'Master' beadworkers with Helene Smuts and Petrus Mahlangu.

About the Author

Anitra Nettleton is the chair and director of the Centre for creative arts of Africa at the Wits art museum at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is the author of African dream machines: Style, identity and meaning of African headrests (2007).

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Anitra Nettleton is the Chair and Director of the Centre for Creative Arts of Africa at the Wits Art Museum at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the author of African Dream Machines: Style, Identity and Meaning of African Headrests (2007).