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| birth_name = Henry Nkole Tayali
| birth_name = Henry Nkole Tayali
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|11|22|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|11|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place =   [[Serenje]], [[Northern Rhodesia]]
| birth_place =   [[Serenje, [[Northern Rhodesia]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|7|22|1943|11|22|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|7|22|1943|11|22|df=yes}}
| death_place =   [[Aachen]], Germany
| death_place =   Aachen]], Germany
| nationality = Zambian
| nationality = Zambian
| field = Painter, [[Printmaker]], Sculptor, [[Raconteur]], [[Lecturer]]
| field = Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, Raconteur, Lecturer  
| training = B.A. (Fine Art), [[Makerere University]], Uganda; [[Master of Arts|M.A.]], [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]], Germany
| training = B.A. (Fine Art), Makerere University, Uganda; Master of Arts, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
| works = ''The Graduate'', ''The Bull'', ''Destiny'', ''Mother Afrika''
| works = ''The Graduate'', ''The Bull'', ''Destiny'', ''Mother Afrika''
| influenced = Fine art direction in Zambia and Africa, and international awareness of sub-Saharan African art  
| influenced = Fine art direction in Zambia and Africa, and international awareness of sub-Saharan African art  
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===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 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>
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 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 1st Nyasaland Battalion. These were a part of the British Empire's Army which fought in the East African Campaign in World War I against the German Army's troops (German and local) in the German East African 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 Jaycees 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.


===Education===
===Education===
[[File:Henry Tayali, Makere University, Uganda, late 60s.JPG|thumb|left|Henry Tayali at [[Makerere University]], [[Kampala, Uganda]]]]
[[File:Henry Tayali, Makere University, Uganda, late 60s.JPG|thumb|left|Henry Tayali at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda]]


Tayali first started painting while at school in Bulawayo in the late 1950s. He attended secondary school in Bulawayo at [[List of schools in Zimbabwe|Mpopoma High School]] and during this time produced the work ''Destiny''.<ref name="destiny"/> The proceeds from the sale of his paintings were held in the Henry Tayali Painting Fund, administered by Trustees who included Eric Gargett and E. H. Ashton. The money in the Fund would be released when Henry was accepted at University.
Tayali first started painting while at school in Bulawayo in the late 1950s. He attended secondary school in Bulawayo at Mpopoma High School and during this time produced the work ''Destiny''.<ref name="destiny"/> The proceeds from the sale of his paintings were held in the Henry Tayali Painting Fund, administered by Trustees who included Eric Gargett and E. H. Ashton. The money in the Fund would be released when Henry was accepted at University.


In early 1967, before his Cambridge 'O' Level Certificate results came out, Tayali left Rhodesia (the Southern was dropped when Zambia gained independence in 1964) for Zambia, and applied for a bursary from the Zambian Government - expressing an interest in Architecture with Art. With help from his father (who went to school at Lubwa Mission in [[Chinsali]] in Northern Rhodesia with the likes of [[Kenneth Kaunda]] (President of Zambia 1964–1991), [[Simon Kapwepwe]] (Vice President 1967–1970), and Wesley Nyirenda and others, and who lobbied the Ministry of Education at Ridgeway in Lusaka on his behalf), he was awarded a Zambian Government scholarship to study at Uganda's [[Makerere University]] in Kampala, where he graduated<ref name="Kampala Arts Trust">{{cite journal|url=http://startjournal.org/2011/07/contemplating-the-early-years-exhibition-moving-past-propaganda-a-critical-review/|last=Kakande|first=Angelo|date=July 2011|title=Contemplating the Early Years Exhibition, Moving Past Propaganda: A Critical Review|journal=START Journal of Arts and Crafts, Kampala, Unganda|accessdate=2011-11-11}}</ref> in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Shortly after [[Idi Amin]] seized power in Uganda, Tayali returned to Zambia and then started work at the [[University of Zambia]] where he joined the Institute of African Studies in [[Lusaka]] as a lecturer in [[African art]] and later as University Artist.<ref name="mpapa">{{cite news|title=Tayali's art goes on show at Mpapa|last=Chibesa|first=David|date=8 October 1988|work=[[Times of Zambia]]|pages=4}}</ref> In 1972, Tayali got a German Academic Exchange Service ([[German Academic Exchange Service|DAAD]]) scholarship to study for a [[Master of Arts|Masters in Fine Arts]] at the Staatliche [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]], [[West Germany]], breaking new ground along the way - he was the first African artist south of the equator to be awarded an Arts scholarship by the DAAD.<ref name="htayali">{{cite news|title=Contact With Others Teaches Us Much by Henry Tayali|last=Tayali|first=Henry|date=30 March 1977|work=The Daily Mail (Zambia), Supplement|pages=5}}</ref>
In early 1967, before his Cambridge 'O' Level Certificate results came out, Tayali left Rhodesia (the Southern was dropped when Zambia gained independence in 1964) for Zambia, and applied for a bursary from the Zambian Government - expressing an interest in Architecture with Art. With help from his father (who went to school at [[Lubwa Mission]] in [[Chinsali]] in Northern Rhodesia with the likes of [[Kenneth Kaunda]] (President of Zambia 1964–1991), [[Simon Kapwepwe]] (Vice President 1967–1970), and Wesley Nyirenda and others, and who lobbied the Ministry of Education at Ridgeway in Lusaka on his behalf), he was awarded a Zambian Government scholarship to study at Uganda's Makerere University in Kampala, where he graduated<ref name="Kampala Arts Trust">{{cite journal|url=http://startjournal.org/2011/07/contemplating-the-early-years-exhibition-moving-past-propaganda-a-critical-review/|last=Kakande|first=Angelo|date=July 2011|title=Contemplating the Early Years Exhibition, Moving Past Propaganda: A Critical Review|journal=START Journal of Arts and Crafts, Kampala, Unganda|accessdate=2011-11-11}}</ref> in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Shortly after Idi Amin seized power in Uganda, Tayali returned to Zambia and then started work at the [[University of Zambia]] where he joined the Institute of African Studies in [[Lusaka]] as a lecturer in African art and later as University Artist.<ref name="mpapa">{{cite news|title=Tayali's art goes on show at Mpapa|last=Chibesa|first=David|date=8 October 1988|work=[[Times of Zambia]]|pages=4}}</ref> In 1972, Tayali got a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship to study for a Masters in Fine Arts at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, West Germany, breaking new ground along the way - he was the first African artist south of the equator to be awarded an Arts scholarship by the DAAD.<ref name="htayali">{{cite news|title=Contact With Others Teaches Us Much by Henry Tayali|last=Tayali|first=Henry|date=30 March 1977|work=The Daily Mail (Zambia), Supplement|pages=5}}</ref>


His professor, Gerd Weber, said of him, "Of all the foreign students who have worked in my class, Henry Tayali is by far the most talented of them all. His work constitutes a synthesis between the traditional African art, the tools and techniques of the modern era."{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}.
His professor, Gerd Weber, said of him, "Of all the foreign students who have worked in my class, Henry Tayali is by far the most talented of them all. His work constitutes a synthesis between the traditional African art, the tools and techniques of the modern era."{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}.
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After graduating in 1975, and fluent in German (in addition to English, Bemba, Ndebele, and Ngoni), he returned to Lusaka to the Institute of African Studies.
After graduating in 1975, and fluent in German (in addition to English, Bemba, Ndebele, and Ngoni), he returned to Lusaka to the Institute of African Studies.


In early 1978, Tayali returned to West Germany to embark on a [[Doctor of Fine Arts]] degree at the Akademie für Bildende Künste, but unfortunately, the arrangements did not work out and he returned to Zambia bitterly disappointed.
In early 1978, Tayali returned to West Germany to embark on a Doctor of Fine Arts degree at the Akademie für Bildende Künste, but unfortunately, the arrangements did not work out and he returned to Zambia bitterly disappointed.


===Marriage and Family===
===Marriage and Family===
In 1971, he married Regina Mary Birungi Kivubiro while still in Uganda, and just before returning to Zambia and they had a son in 1972, Rhodrick Tayali. Regina died in 1976. Tayali had a daughter in 1980, Katwishi Alanda Tayali, followed in 1983 by a son, Chaswe Angio Tayali, with Rosemary Kaluwa, whom he later married. Tayali's son Rhodrick is an object and interior designer - Diploma-Designer (FH) - by training and a graduate of the [[Fachhochschule Aachen]], and is also an accomplished artist in his own right.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tayali.de|title=TAYALI|publisher=Rhodrick Tayali|language=German|accessdate=11 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/staedte/altena/2008/3/17/news-31342410/detail.html|title=Tayali erlebt zweiten Frühling in Altena|language=German|last=Hornemann|first=Ina|date=17 March 2008|work=DerWesten|accessdate=11 June 2009}}</ref> He started painting when in his early twenties, and has been regularly holding exhibitions in Germany since the late nineties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://galerie-amrhein.de/kuenstler_rhodricktayali.htm|title=KÜNSTLER|language=German|last=Tayali|first=Rhodrick|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> He is based in [[Cologne]] in Germany. Tayali's daughter, Katwishi, lives in Lusaka and has also taken up art.
In 1971, he married Regina Mary Birungi Kivubiro while still in Uganda, and just before returning to Zambia and they had a son in 1972, Rhodrick Tayali. Regina died in 1976. Tayali had a daughter in 1980, Katwishi Alanda Tayali, followed in 1983 by a son, Chaswe Angio Tayali, with Rosemary Kaluwa, whom he later married. Tayali's son Rhodrick is an object and interior designer - Diploma-Designer (FH) - by training and a graduate of the Fachhochschule Aachen, and is also an accomplished artist in his own right.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tayali.de|title=TAYALI|publisher=Rhodrick Tayali|language=German|accessdate=11 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/staedte/altena/2008/3/17/news-31342410/detail.html|title=Tayali erlebt zweiten Frühling in Altena|language=German|last=Hornemann|first=Ina|date=17 March 2008|work=DerWesten|accessdate=11 June 2009}}</ref> He started painting when in his early twenties, and has been regularly holding exhibitions in Germany since the late nineties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://galerie-amrhein.de/kuenstler_rhodricktayali.htm|title=KÜNSTLER|language=German|last=Tayali|first=Rhodrick|accessdate=8 October 2014}}</ref> He is based in Cologne in Germany. Tayali's daughter, Katwishi, lives in Lusaka and has also taken up art.


Tayali died on 22 July 1987 while visiting his eldest son and family friends the Moiks / Moik-Becker in [[Aachen]], West Germany, after attending his youngest brother's wedding in [[Southampton]], England. He was buried at Leopards Hill Cemetery in Lusaka.
Tayali died on 22 July 1987 while visiting his eldest son and family friends the Moiks / Moik-Becker in Aachen, West Germany, after attending his youngest brother's wedding in Southampton, England. He was buried at [[Leopards Hill Cemetery]] in [[Lusaka]].


===Career===
===Career===
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