[1] This upbringing, cultural, and political differences in his community would later have a good amount of influence within his work.
[2] He originally worked with watercolor paint, was commissioned to do artwork for church ceilings, and later in his career started to use more mixed media.
[1] In 1958, Kumalo studied with Edoardo Villa, a South African sculptor, for 2 years.
[4] He was part of the Amadlozi Group founded in 1961, which included Cecily Sash, Cecil Skotnes, Edoardo Villa, and Guiseppe Cattaneo.
Kumalo became a full-time artist after 1964, which in turn, had him resign from his teaching career at the Art Center.
In 1967, he was invited to visit the USA and Europe because he was a guest at the United States/South African Leadership Exchange Programme, or the USSALEP.
[4] He also won first prize at a South African Race Relations Exhibition located in Durban.
He took into account that different bodily motions, configurations, and rhythms were a way of expressing spiritual feelings.
[8] His work can be closely related to early African carvings and tribal art.
They both conveyed true passion and emotion and showed the fear of evil powers over them that they had no control of.