a three-legged man with a grotesque mask for a face wields a stick, a cow with an engorged udder suckles a baby, and birds peck at scraps as shadowy figures loom in the background.

Feni’s Guernica is a reaction to a different kind of violence: "It’s the violence, the slow violence, and the actual violence of racist tyranny... " while
Picasso’s Guernica, said Tamar Garb [curator] was an “anti-war cri de coeur”

Dumile Feni’s African Guernica (1967)

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"African Guernica" and other works by South African artist Dumile Feni
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‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme

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