Chinwe Roy - Artist

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Verna Wilkins
Published by Tamarind
48pp, Non-fiction, 1-870516-59-1, £6.99 hbk
cover of Chinwe Roy - Artist

This biography of Chinwe Roy, aimed at 9-12 year-olds, is part of Tamarind's 'Black Profiles' series, aimed at providing positive role models for children. An account of her life from her early years in Nigeria to her current life in Suffolk, England, is interspersed with full-page colour reproductions of eleven of her paintings in both African and European styles, culminating with a magnificent full length commissioned portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - the high point of Chinwe Roy's career to date.

Reviewed in BfK No. 136 (September 2002) by Errol Lloyd (EL)
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