Griselda El Tayib | |
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Born | 15 March 1925 UK |
Died | 20 May 2022 Khartoum, Sudan | (aged 97)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Khartoum |
Occupation(s) | visual artist, cultural anthropologist |
Notable work | Regional Folk Costumes of the Sudan |
Spouse | Abdullah El Tayeb |
Dorothy Griselda El Tayib[1] MBE (15 March 1925 – 20 May 2022) was a British-born visual artist and cultural anthropologist, who was mainly known for her pioneering research on the traditional costumes as they reflect the culture and society of Sudan since the 1970s. She published her research in 2017 in the illustrated book Regional Folk Costumes of the Sudan.
Having lived in Sudan and other African countries for most of her life with her Sudanese husband, academic Abdullah El Tayib, she published ethnographic studies and watercolour paintings on such fields as visual arts of Sudan, folk literature, music, traditional costumes and women's education in Sudan and has been called "a Sudanese artist of British origin".