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[[File:Cynthia_Zukas.jpg|thumbnail|right|Cynthia Zukas (r) with Agnes Yombwe  at the [[Livingston Museum]]]]
[[File:Cynthia_Zukas.jpg|thumbnail|right|Cynthia Zukas (r) with [[Agnes Yombwe]] at the [[Livingstone Museum]]]]
'''Cynthia Zukas''' (born in 1931) is a fine artist and an advocate for visual arts in [[Zambia]]. She is wife of veteran politician and freedom fighter, [[Simon Zukas]].
'''Cynthia Zukas''' (born in 1931) is a fine artist and an advocate for visual arts in [[Zambia]]. She is wife of veteran politician and freedom fighter, [[Simon Zukas]].


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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==
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[[Category:Painters in Zambia]]
[[Category:Painters in Zambia]]
[[Category:Art promoters]]
[[Category:Art promoters]]
[[Category:People of Zambia]]