Samson Kambalu (born 1975) is a Malawi-born British conceptual artist. His first book, The Jive Talker, was published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and by Free Press in the USA in 2008.
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Samson Kambalu was born in Malawi, where he attended Kamuzu Academy, the so-called ‘Eton of Africa’.[1] He graduated from the University of Malawi's Chancellor College, Zomba in 1999, and completed his MA in Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University in 2003.[2]
Kambalu is most well known for his work Holy Ball, a football plastered in pages of the Bible. Kambalu held an exhibition of 24 Holy Balls at Chancellor College in 2000 at which he invited the visitors to “exercise and exorcise”.[3] He has since shown his work internationally.[4]
His book, The Jive Talker was published by Jonathan Cape (Random House) in July 2008, and in August 2008 by Free Press (Simon & Schuster). The book explores the artist’s philosophy, Holyballism, using an autobiographical narrative.[5]
2008 The Jive Talker or, How to Get a British Passport ISBN 0224081063