Elimo njau biography definition

          Elimo Njau's life and work epitomise trans-East African migration;..

          Elimo's story was published last December, but as i didnt get a chance to put his story here and I 'lost' my memory stick that held this story, i felt i had to put it online for posterity/// Long walk for Elimo, the artist without borders/////Published Decemb er 8, in Business Daily/// Elimo Njau, a sculptor, painter, art teacher and founder of Paa ya Paa Arts Centre.

          Elimo was acknowledged as being the father of Kenyan art.

        1. Elimo was acknowledged as being the father of Kenyan art.
        2. Njau is reputed to be the father of the banana fibre technique that he developed during his years at Makerere University, Uganda in the s.
        3. Elimo Njau's life and work epitomise trans-East African migration;.
        4. Elimo Njau was head of the visual arts programme.
        5. Among these are artists Elimo Njau (whose favorite maxim is "Do not copy.

          6. Photo/MARGARETTA WA GACHERU/// In Summary: Mr Njau taught at Makerere University and the University of Dar-es-Salaam before he came to Kenya in the late fifties. He launched Kenya&#;s first indigenous African art centre, Paa ya Paa, which still stands today, an icon and evidence that expatriates did not &#;discover&#;, invent or construct East African art.

          He turned 80 last August but Elimo Njau is still going strong. He sprints around his compound at Paa ya Paa Arts Centre like a jack rabbit, enthused over life and the idea of seeing art in everything he does. Mr Njau&#;s creativity isn&#;t confined to canvas or clay,