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'''Henry Nkole Tayali''' (22 November 1943 – 22 July 1987)  was a multi-lingual Zambian [[Fine arts|fine artist]], sculptor, printmaker, raconteur and lecturer.<ref name="turner">{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Jane D|title=The Dictionary of Art|publisher=Grove|year=1996|pages=602|isbn= 1-884446-00-0|url=http://books.google.com/?id=d7cYAAAAIAAJ&q=Tayali&dq=Tayali|accessdate=22 May 2009}}</ref> He has been described as Zambia's most famous painter,<ref name="taylor">{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Scott D|title=Culture and Customs of Zambia|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2006|pages=60|isbn=978-0-313-33246-3|url=http://books.google.com/?id=Q39lhjRIj2kC|accessdate=22 May 2009}}</ref> and most revered and pre-eminent artist.<ref name="htayali b"/>
'''Henry Nkole Tayali''' (22 November 1943 – 22 July 1987)  was a multi-lingual [[Zambia]]n fine artist, sculptor, printmaker, raconteur and lecturer.<ref name="turner">{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Jane D|title=The Dictionary of Art|publisher=Grove|year=1996|pages=602|isbn= 1-884446-00-0|url=http://books.google.com/?id=d7cYAAAAIAAJ&q=Tayali&dq=Tayali|accessdate=22 May 2009}}</ref> He has been described as Zambia's most famous painter,<ref name="taylor">{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Scott D|title=Culture and Customs of Zambia|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2006|pages=60|isbn=978-0-313-33246-3|url=http://books.google.com/?id=Q39lhjRIj2kC|accessdate=22 May 2009}}</ref> and most revered and pre-eminent artist.<ref name="htayali b"/>


==Biography==
==Biography==


===Early life===
===Early life===
Tayali was born on 22 November 1943 to Edward Nkole Tayali (1914–1995) and Esnati Mumba Tayali (née Chola, 1923–1963) in [[Serenje]] in the British Colony of [[Northern Rhodesia]] (later to become Zambia), a town near the site of the Nsalu 12,000-year-old rock and cave paintings.<ref name="Nsalu Cave">{{cite web|url=http://www.ezambia.com/component/content/article/47-national-monuments-/130-nsalu-cave|title=Nsalu Cave|accessdate=2011-11-11}}</ref> His father, the first born of five children, had won a scholarship to study at a South African University, but never took it up because his own mother died suddenly, and he chose to stay and look after his younger siblings. In order to support them, Tayali's father emigrated from Northern Rhodesia to work in [[Bulawayo]] in [[Southern Rhodesia]], ending up in the Department of Housing and Amenities.<ref>Note 1: "Tayali" is a corruption of the [[Swahili (language)|Swahili]] word "''tayari''", meaning ready or prepared and was the name given to, and first used by, Tayali's grandfather Museba, a soldier or [[Askari]] commanding a platoon of African troops in the [[King's African Rifles]] of the [[Nyasaland|1st Nyasaland]] Battalion. These were a part of the [[British Empire]]'s Army which fought in the [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East African Campaign]] in World War I against the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]]'s troops (German and local) in the [[German East Africa]]n Colony of [[Tanganyika]] (which became Tanzania). Because he was a fearless leader, and was always ready to do battle, his men christened him "Tayari", literally meaning "Ever Ready". He took this as his family name and on his return to Northern Rhodesia, Tayari evolved into Tayali. Thus he was known as Museba Tayali. Almost everyone with the surname Tayali is descended from him.</ref>
Tayali was born on 22 November 1943 to Edward Nkole Tayali (1914–1995) and Esnati Mumba Tayali (née Chola, 1923–1963) in [[Serenje]] in the British Colony of [[Northern Rhodesia]] (later to become Zambia), a town near the site of the [[Nsalu rock and cave paintings|Nsalu 12,000-year-old rock and cave paintings]].<ref name="Nsalu Cave">{{cite web|url=http://www.ezambia.com/component/content/article/47-national-monuments-/130-nsalu-cave|title=Nsalu Cave|accessdate=2011-11-11}}</ref> His father, the first born of five children, had won a scholarship to study at a South African University, but never took it up because his own mother died suddenly, and he chose to stay and look after his younger siblings. In order to support them, Tayali's father emigrated from Northern Rhodesia to work in [[Bulawayo]] in [[Southern Rhodesia]], ending up in the Department of Housing and Amenities.<ref>Note 1: "Tayali" is a corruption of the [[Swahili (language)|Swahili]] word "''tayari''", meaning ready or prepared and was the name given to, and first used by, Tayali's grandfather Museba, a soldier or [[Askari]] commanding a platoon of African troops in the [[King's African Rifles]] of the [[Nyasaland|1st Nyasaland]] Battalion. These were a part of the [[British Empire]]'s Army which fought in the [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East African Campaign]] in World War I against the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]]'s troops (German and local) in the [[German East Africa]]n Colony of [[Tanganyika]] (which became Tanzania). Because he was a fearless leader, and was always ready to do battle, his men christened him "Tayari", literally meaning "Ever Ready". He took this as his family name and on his return to Northern Rhodesia, Tayari evolved into Tayali. Thus he was known as Museba Tayali. Almost everyone with the surname Tayali is descended from him.</ref>


Henry Tayali was the oldest of seven brothers and sisters<ref>Note 2: The other six siblings, in birth order, were: Bright Mwengwe Tayali (Goromonzi High School, [[Goromonzi District]], Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe; studied [[Veterinary Medicine]], [[Kiev]], Ukraine, [[Soviet Union]]); Wiseman Museba Katwishi Tayali ([[Mzilikazi]] High School, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; studied [[Mechanical Engineering]] - BSc, Beijing, China); Fayness Mumba Tayali ([[Mzilikazi High School]], Bulawayo); Mabel Nkuswa Tayali ([[Kansenshi Secondary School]], Ndola); Daniel Makalu Tayali; and member of [[Mensa International]] and patent holder Dr Nkole Enock Tayali ([[Kansenshi Secondary School]], [[Ndola]] - Head Boy, Ndola City [[Jaycee]]s Junior Mayor, and winner, national JETS (Junior Engineers Technicians and Scientists) competition); studied [[Mechanical Engineering]] and Energy Studies - BSc and PhD, [[Cardiff]] School of Engineering, University of [[Wales]]; and [[MBA]], [[University of Warwick]]) who is also a published author, and writes under the name Adrian Ashe.</ref><ref name="aashe">{{cite book|last=Ashe|first=Adrian|title=London Lyrics|publisher=Authorhouse|date=October 2008|isbn=978-1-4343-9973-1|url=http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://london-lyrics.webs.com/|title= London Lyrics|accessdate=14 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="etayali">{{cite news|title=Mayoral Coronation Date|date=18 July 1976|work=Sunday Times of Zambia|pages=1}}</ref><ref name="etayali a">{{cite news|title=Student Invents Calendar System|date=24 September 1982|work=Mining Mirror (Zambia's Mining Industry Newspaper No.183)|pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.epo.org/publication-server/pdf-document?cc=EP&pn=0668479&ki=B1|title=European Patent Specification EP0668479B1|accessdate=2 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6431262.html|title=United States Patent 6431262|accessdate=2 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="aashe b">{{cite news|title=And now for something completely different|date=14 August 2009|work=Croydon Advertiser go! Magazine|pages=4}}</ref><ref name="aashe c">{{cite news|title=The Engineer with Designs on Writing|date=15 September 2010|last=Brown|first=Sonia|work=The Voice|issue=1439A|pages=31}}</ref> The siblings grew up in an atmosphere full of written and oral literature, drawing inspiration from local folk stories, and of European tales of adventure and exploration. Their father Edward was also an accomplished teller of traditional stories and African idioms and quotations, and had an easy wit. As a result, Tayali was an extremely well read and politically aware artist who, by the time he was eighteen, had read his fair share of the great literary novels of the West from authors such as [[Alexandre Dumas, père]], [[James Fenimore Cooper]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] and [[Mark Twain]] amongst others. Some of this influence can be seen in his early watercolour paintings.
Henry Tayali was the oldest of seven brothers and sisters<ref>Note 2: The other six siblings, in birth order, were: Bright Mwengwe Tayali (Goromonzi High School, [[Goromonzi District]], Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe; studied [[Veterinary Medicine]], [[Kiev]], Ukraine, [[Soviet Union]]); Wiseman Museba Katwishi Tayali ([[Mzilikazi]] High School, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; studied [[Mechanical Engineering]] - BSc, Beijing, China); Fayness Mumba Tayali ([[Mzilikazi High School]], Bulawayo); Mabel Nkuswa Tayali ([[Kansenshi Secondary School]], Ndola); Daniel Makalu Tayali; and member of [[Mensa International]] and patent holder Dr Nkole Enock Tayali ([[Kansenshi Secondary School]], [[Ndola]] - Head Boy, Ndola City [[Jaycee]]s Junior Mayor, and winner, national JETS (Junior Engineers Technicians and Scientists) competition); studied [[Mechanical Engineering]] and Energy Studies - BSc and PhD, [[Cardiff]] School of Engineering, University of [[Wales]]; and [[MBA]], [[University of Warwick]]) who is also a published author, and writes under the name Adrian Ashe.</ref><ref name="aashe">{{cite book|last=Ashe|first=Adrian|title=London Lyrics|publisher=Authorhouse|date=October 2008|isbn=978-1-4343-9973-1|url=http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://london-lyrics.webs.com/|title= London Lyrics|accessdate=14 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="etayali">{{cite news|title=Mayoral Coronation Date|date=18 July 1976|work=Sunday Times of Zambia|pages=1}}</ref><ref name="etayali a">{{cite news|title=Student Invents Calendar System|date=24 September 1982|work=Mining Mirror (Zambia's Mining Industry Newspaper No.183)|pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.epo.org/publication-server/pdf-document?cc=EP&pn=0668479&ki=B1|title=European Patent Specification EP0668479B1|accessdate=2 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6431262.html|title=United States Patent 6431262|accessdate=2 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="aashe b">{{cite news|title=And now for something completely different|date=14 August 2009|work=Croydon Advertiser go! Magazine|pages=4}}</ref><ref name="aashe c">{{cite news|title=The Engineer with Designs on Writing|date=15 September 2010|last=Brown|first=Sonia|work=The Voice|issue=1439A|pages=31}}</ref> The siblings grew up in an atmosphere full of written and oral literature, drawing inspiration from local folk stories, and of European tales of adventure and exploration. Their father Edward was also an accomplished teller of traditional stories and African idioms and quotations, and had an easy wit. As a result, Tayali was an extremely well read and politically aware artist who, by the time he was eighteen, had read his fair share of the great literary novels of the West from authors such as [[Alexandre Dumas, père]], [[James Fenimore Cooper]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] and [[Mark Twain]] amongst others. Some of this influence can be seen in his early watercolour paintings.
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