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- 2012 (Accumulation)
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The artist Madelaine Georgette was born in New York in 1947, and lived in South Africa for the first 27 years of her life. The project "A Just Society" was supported in part by public and private grants in the USA.
Babette Kabak was Madelaine Georgette's mother, who lived in Johannesburg for many years. She was an activist and involved in the American Field Service Organisation.
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The book "A Just Society" has been published to mark the occasion of the exhibition of 48 works of art by Madelaine Georgette at the Wits Origins Centre in 2012. These works were donated to Wits University, to be accessible in a number of permanent locations across the University after the exhibition. The themes of the project are Apartheid and South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Alternate title: Georgette, Madelaine