The Assassination of Shaka
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The Assassination of Shaka is a renowned graphic art cycle by South African artist Cecil Skotnes that powerfully depicts the life and death of the Zulu king Shaka through carved and painted wooden panels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Assassination of Shaka canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Assassination of Shaka Context triple: [Cecil Skotnes, notableWork, The Assassination of Shaka]
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King of the Zulu
The King of the Zulu is the traditional monarch and cultural leader of the Zulu people, a major ethnic group primarily located in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
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B.
The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
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Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn is a 1979 British war film dramatizing the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.
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O Olho de Hertzog
O Olho de Hertzog is a novel by Portuguese writer Orlando da Costa, known for its exploration of colonialism, identity, and political tension in a Lusophone African context.
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E.
Simba Rebellion
The Simba Rebellion was a 1964 armed uprising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during which rebel forces briefly seized large areas of the country amid the broader Congo Crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Assassination of Shaka Target entity description: The Assassination of Shaka is a renowned graphic art cycle by South African artist Cecil Skotnes that powerfully depicts the life and death of the Zulu king Shaka through carved and painted wooden panels.
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A.
King of the Zulu
The King of the Zulu is the traditional monarch and cultural leader of the Zulu people, a major ethnic group primarily located in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
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B.
The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Killings at Badger's Drift is a British television crime drama episode that serves as the first case in the long-running Midsomer Murders series, introducing DCI Tom Barnaby and the sinister goings-on in the fictional English county of Midsomer.
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C.
Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn is a 1979 British war film dramatizing the 1879 Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War.
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D.
O Olho de Hertzog
O Olho de Hertzog is a novel by Portuguese writer Orlando da Costa, known for its exploration of colonialism, identity, and political tension in a Lusophone African context.
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E.
Simba Rebellion
The Simba Rebellion was a 1964 armed uprising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during which rebel forces briefly seized large areas of the country amid the broader Congo Crisis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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graphic art cycle ⓘ woodcut cycle ⓘ |
| artForm |
printmaking
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relief printing ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | apartheid-era South African art ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Cecil Skotnes’s mature period ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Zulu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
earth tones
ⓘ
strong contrasts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| creator | Cecil Skotnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | South African ⓘ |
| depicts |
Shaka
NERFINISHED
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Zulu culture ⓘ Zulu history ⓘ death of Shaka ⓘ life of Shaka ⓘ |
| genre |
historical art
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narrative art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
South African printmaking
ⓘ
visual representations of Shaka ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
paint on wood
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woodcut print on paper ⓘ |
| hasPart |
carved wooden panels
ⓘ
painted wooden panels ⓘ |
| inception | 1970s ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
art viewers
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students of African history ⓘ |
| languageOfAccompanyingText | English ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstExhibition | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
paint
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wood ⓘ |
| movement | modern South African art ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | sequential panels ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative use of woodcut in narrative sequence
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integration of text and image ⓘ visual retelling of Zulu history ⓘ |
| portrays |
assassination of Shaka
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military campaigns of Shaka ⓘ rise of Shaka ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
African kingship
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Shaka Zulu NERFINISHED ⓘ colonialism in Southern Africa ⓘ violence and power ⓘ |
| technique |
carving
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color printing ⓘ woodcut ⓘ |
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Subject: The Assassination of Shaka Description of subject: The Assassination of Shaka is a renowned graphic art cycle by South African artist Cecil Skotnes that powerfully depicts the life and death of the Zulu king Shaka through carved and painted wooden panels.
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