Betty Manyolo

Betty Manyolo

omuntu

Ekikula	mukyala
Ensi y’obutuuze	Yuganda
Erinnya eriweereddwa	Betty
Yazaalibwa nga	1938
Gy'azaalwa	Kampala
Olunaku lwe yafa	1999
Ennimi z'amanyi	Lungereza
Omulimu	painter
Gyeyasomera	Ssettendekero wa Makerere

 

 From Wikidata

Estelle Betty Manyolo (1938 – 1999) yali Munnayuganda, musiizi era mukubi wa bifaananyi. Omulimu gwe gwaluŋŋamizibwa ebifaananyi ebiddugavu n’ebyeru ebyakolebwa Abahima n’ebisiige ebikubibwa ku mayinja ebyaba Nyero mu Buvanjuba bwa Uganda.

Obuto bwe n’obuyigirize

Estella Betty Babirye Nakayemba Manyolo yazaalibwa mu 1938 mu Kampala, Uganda. Amanyiddwa nga Betty Manyolo, yali Muganda, era omu ku baana ekkumi. Erinnya lye ery’awakati erya Babirye liraga nti yali mukulu mu balongo, nga lino lya nnono eriweebwa omulongo omukulu omuwala. Abalongo baatwalibwanga ng’omukisa mu Buganda era ennaku z'oluwummula yazimalanga mu lubiri lwa Ssekabaka Muteesa II, ng'eno abalongo baweebwa ng'obuvunanyizibwa bw'emikolo mu Lubiri. Mukulu we yamwagazisa okusoma okusiiga n'okukuba ebifaananyi.

Manyolo yasomera mu Gayaza High School, n'afuna satifikeeti ya Junior Secondary School mu 1953 ne Overseas School Certificate okuva mu Cambridge University ng'ayita mu ssomero lino mu 1955. Yatikkirwa okuva mu Margaret Trowell School of Fine Art mu Makerere College mu 1960 ne dipulooma mu kukuba n'okusiiga ebifaananyi.

Emirimu gye

Omulimu gwa Manyolo gwasikirizibwa nnyo obuwangwa n’ennono za Uganda.

Mu 1961, Cecil Todd okuva mu Ssettendekero wa Makerere yatwala ebimu ku bintu bya Manyolo e New York, era ebintu bye ne byongerwa ku bisiige ebyali biragibwa mu Harmon Foundation, okukkakkana nga biweereddwayo eri Fisk University mu 1991.

Manyolo yakuba ebifaananyi ebyakozesebwa mu kitabo kya Awo olwatuuka mu 1961. Oluvannyuma yakola ng’omusomesa mu Abidjan, Ivory Coast era n’agenda e Bufalansa, ng’ayize okwogera Olufaransa.

Wakati wa 1973 ne 1977, yakola ng’omukubi w'ebifaananyi mu Minisitule ya Uganda ey'ebyobulamu e Entebbe, ng’akola dizayini y’ebifaananyi eri ekitongole ky’ebyobulamu n’obuyonjo. Oluvannyuma lw'okudduka obutabanguko obwali bubaluseewo mu byobufuzi, yakola nga kalabaalaba w'ebifaananyi ebikubibwa mu kitongole kya Nigerian Television Authority okutuusa mu 1989, nga tannadda mu Uganda.

Ebimu ku bifaananyi bye ebya londebwa

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  Enfumo y'Afirika
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  Abalunzi b'ente
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  Okufa mu Kibira

Ebimukwatako eby'omunda

Mu myaka gya 1960, Betty Manyolo yafumbirwa omusajja Omunigeria n’atwala erinnya lye Sangowawa. Famire yaabwe yagenda e Nigeria, gye yakolera ng’omusomesa, nga tannagenda mu Ivory Coast. Yaddamu okubeera mu Uganda okuva mu 1973 okutuuka mu 1977, oluvannyuma naddayo e Nigeria nga Uganda yeeyongedde okubaamu obutabanguko wansi w’obwannakyemalira Idi Amin. Manyolo yakomawo mu Uganda omulundi omulala mu 1989.

Betty Manyolo yafa kookolo w’amabeere ku myaka 64 mu 1999. Yaleka abaana bataano n’abazzukulu kkumi.

Emyoleso

Ebiwandiiko bya Manyolo ebiwerako ebya linocut, wamu n’ekifaananyi eky’amafuta, byayolesebwa okuyita mu kitongole kya Harmon Foundation okutandika mu 1961; omulimu gwe era gwateekebwa mu mwoleso gwa Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit of Contemporary African Printmakers okuva mu 1966 okutuuka mu 1968. Okuva mu mwezi Ogwokkumi 2023 okutuuka mu mwezi Gwolubereberye 2024, Cattle People ye (1961) yatekebwa mu African Modernism in America, 1947-67 mu Philips Collection e Washington DC, eyeewolwa okuva mu tterekero lya Fisk University oluvannyuma lw'okuweebwayo okuva mu kitongole kya Harmon Foundation.