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==Politics and activism== | ==Politics and activism== | ||
Although she conveys gentleness through her paintings, she courageously campaigned for the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) during Zambia’s freedom struggle and in 1951 got into trouble with the racist regime of the time. This pressed her family to send her to London for a one-year art teachers' course. While in London, she met freedom fighter and outspoken political leader Simon Zukas.<ref name="andrew"/> | Although she conveys gentleness through her paintings, she courageously campaigned for the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) during Zambia’s freedom struggle and in 1951 got into trouble with the racist regime of the time. This pressed her family to send her to London for a one-year art teachers' course. While in London, she met freedom fighter and outspoken political leader Simon Zukas, to whom she is married.<ref name="andrew"/> | ||
==Community initiatives== | ==Community initiatives== | ||
