Davis, Lionel, 1936-

found: Thirty minutes, 1997:t.p. (Lionel Davis) p. 24 (b. District Six, Cape Town, 1936; started formal art training in 1978 at the Community Arts Project; B.A.F.A., University of Cape Town, 1995; five-year house arrest order ended in 1976)

found: sahistory.org.za WWW site viewed April 16, 2018:Lionel Davis (Lionel Bazil Davis was born in Cape Town in 1936. He was arrested in 1964 and sentenced to seven years on Robben Island for committing acts of sabotage. His interest in art led him to complete a BA Fine Art degree with the University of Cape Town in 1994. He exhibited several times from 1981 to 1987, also in Gaborone, Botswana and Pine Plains, New York, USA. In 1995 he worked for the South African National Art Gallery as a part time art educator. After spending seven years imprisoned on Robben Island, Davis now lives there with his family as an employee of the Robben Island Museum, where he first worked as a tour guide and later moved to the Island Education Department as an Education Officer. His work includes developing education materials on prisoners and political imprisonment on the Island. On the Island he is better known as 'uncle' Lionel) - http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/lionel-davis