Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Postcolonial Modernism: The Case of M.F. Husain; 3 Postcolonial Critique: Frida and Amrita; 4 Preparing Art for Freedom in the New South Africa; 5 Aboriginal, Abstract, and Isi-Tsonga; 6 Post-Postcolonial: Figaro South of the Zambesi; 7 Xu Bing's Archive of the Past; 8 The Persistent Witness: George Gittoes; Notes; Bibliography; Index