The Hon. Minister of Finance, Mr. Billy Nel, unveiled Amitabh's Art Exhibition at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery, East London, on the 23 November 2006. He also opened the first batch of Hudson View followed by wine and supper.
Image shown: Amitabh presenting A Hudson View Poetry Digest to The Hon. Minister of Finance for Eastern Cape, Mr. Billy Nel
Image shown: Amitabh speaking at Ann Bryant Art Gallery, East London, South Africa
Hudson View is now archived in the National English Literary Museum ( N.E.L.M. ), Grahamstown
NELM is a national museum that concentrates on the collection of all primary and secondary material published by, and on, southern African authors (from South Africa , Namibia , Botswana , Lesotho , Swaziland , Zimbabwe and Mozambique ) who write in English, as well as overseas authors who have written about the region. This includes drama, poetry, short stories, novels, diaries, journals, travelogues, autobiographies and letters. We also collect all the critical material we can find on these authors, including journal articles, essays, reviews, theses and dissertations and critical anthologies, as well as manuscripts, newspaper clippings, cassette tapes, CDs and videos.