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Godfrey Setti (1958-2002) was a Zambian artist, printmaker, and writer.
Setti received a degree in BA Fine Art with Honours, from Reading University, England, in 1991. He received his master's degree as well and was studying towards a Ph.D. in Fine Arts at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa
He exhibited his works widely in Africa and internationally and is represented in several public and private art collections. His work was included in the 1990 group show 'Art from the Frontline', which toured the UK and Ireland.
He showed at the Grahamstown Festival in 2000 and held a solo show the previous year at the Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre.
Setti has also authored a book on Zambian art.
Sue Williamson, a prominent South African artist, said in May 2000 of Setti's oil paintings:
The palette Setti uses seems almost northern - there is a soft creaminess to his colors - but the terrain mapped out is familiar: the hustle and bustle of township life as it eddies to and fro from the bus stop to market to taxi rank. With the exception of a painting of two cycle riders on a country road (and even here a bus is appearing around a distant corner), Setti's paintings are thronged with people busy about their daily life.
Setti died on March 23, 2002, leaving behind seven children. His wife had died in 2000.