'Grand'Mothers of Shayamoya
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‘GRAND’MOTHERS OF SHAYAMOYA

This series was commissioned by Oprah’s Angel Network as an extension of the Seven Fountains Primary School Project. Buckland was asked to document the wider social context of the Shayamoya Township of Kokstad, where the school is situated. Many elderly women in South Africa have taken on the role of primary carer due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic....
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Africa Centre
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Africa Centre

In 1998 Buckland was commissioned to photograph The Africa Centre for Population Health. This Research Institute works to be a source of fundamental discoveries into the susceptibility, transmission and cure of HIV and TB and related diseases. It is located in Hlabisa Somkhele, Mtubatuba, a rural area in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. Buckland...
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Block A, Jacob’s Men’s Hostel

Jacobs Men’s Hostel is commonly believed to be the oldest remaining hostel in Durban. Since the first Togt barracks were completed in 1876, hostels have been a fact of life in the city. The original purpose, during the Apartheid era, was to confine workers to specific areas within Durban and to discourage the permanent settlement of Africans in...
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LOCATION, Block A Thokoza Womens Hostel KZNSA Gallery, 2011,
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Block A, Thokoza Women’s Hostel 2011

Buckland has exhibited this installation at the Candiani Cultural Centre, Italy; Durban Art Gallery; KZNSA Art Gallery, Durban;  The Annex, IZIKO National Gallery, Cape Town; Art Gallery, North West University, Potchefstroom and Pretoria Art Museum, Tshwane. BLOCK A, THOKOZA WOMEN’S HOSTEL is the sister version of a previous work completed...
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