Im Herzen des Tigers
Subtitle: südafrikanische Bilder = In the heart of the tiger : art of South Africa
By: Azaria Mbatha ; Text, Werner Eichel.
Contributors: Eichel, Werner.
Publisher: (Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal), 1986; Verlag der Vereinigten Evangelischen Mission
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Wuppertal /  Peter Hammer Verlag Wuppertal
Language: ger
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Mbatha, Azaria, 1941-; Zulu (African people) in art.; Zulu (African people) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
First sentence: A people's culture possesses natural strengths. You can cut it, you cannot kill it. It remains alive, can develop and adapt itself to new ways of life by Azaria Mbatha
Description: The Tiger as Symbol
The tiger lives off other animals. The weaker creatures must be sacrificed to the tiger's needs. But we cannot blame the tiger for this. Its behaviour seems horrible to us, but it only does what  it must in order to survive. Tigers,  though they are feared by other animals,  are  neither good nor bad. Humans, on the other hand, are genuinely terrible. They have the ability to think and to reason, yet use this ability to destroy others. Though laws, physical force and cunning, they subjugate others for  their own benefit.This type of behaviour one can see everywhere in the world. Mbatha's dream is see the day when tigers can live together in peace with the  rest of creation. "do not know when, or even if, this can even happen, but we must work  that it  will.
Notes: Text  is in English and German. Text also by Azaria Mbatha, Conversations by Azaria Mbatha since the book is written even in Germany.
Entire prints 1960s- 80s  are  included in the book. He explains the symbols in the book.


Out of Print Book  by     AZARIA MBATHA
entire copyright (AZARIA MBATHA)
Copyright  back to Azaria j.c. Mbatha
Table of contents: value: Introduction by Azaria Mbatha; SEQUENCES: Setting - out, One Humanity, Ancestors and Marriage, Ancestors in the Village, Daily life, Separations, Hopelessness,Isolation, Order, Encounter and Hope