Anti-Apartheid Legacy
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Liliesleaf Trust UK: redeveloping former ANC London HQ as Centre of Memory & Learning dedicated to anti-apartheid heritage + legacy #AntiRacism #SocialJustice
London, England
Joined September 2020
Works to build our new home & Europe’s first anti-apartheid museum began today! A special moment celebrated with representatives from communities we serve and our valued stakeholders An honour to welcome Deputy Mayor @debs_wb to ‘breakground’ w. @SAHCLondon @PeterHain & others
Was honoured to speak at the @PentonStreetCML Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre ground breaking event today as they begin construction of their permanent home in London. This historically significant site once housed the HQ of the then exiled African National Congress.
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Why do liberation movements so often falter once in power? These are the questions at the heart of 'Liberation and Corruption', the new book by @PeterHain, and the focus of this timely event. 📖 https://t.co/2GKYUBjr0s 🎟️ @SOAS, 27 Oct:
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South African printmaker Norman Kaplan's excellent linocuts, & cartoons an apartheid-era judge called 'dangerous & subversive', on the walls of Cowley Library @Oxonlibraries until July 21. @OxTweets @TheOxfordMail @ArtsFestOxford @ACTSA @PentonStreetCML @aamarchives @OxfordPSC
Now in @OxfordCity's Cowley Library! Come see the All Shall Be Afforded Dignity exhibition - beautiful linoprints and political cartoons by Norman Kaplan against apartheid and for a new South Africa. + Mandela Day activities on 18 July https://t.co/zhjZg7PtBz
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If you missed the wine at the opening of Norman Kaplan's exhibition of prints @OVADA, Oxford, don't fret -- you can still catch his stunning linocuts there til Tuesday; then at Cowley Library. @OxTweets @OxfordMailLive @ACTSA_UK @PentonStreetCML
https://t.co/Xa78DBYyHg
ovada.org.uk
Visit “All Shall Be Afforded Dignity” – An Exhibition by Norman Kaplan 24 June - 1 July 2025 Open daily from 10 - 5pm Free Entry Step into a powerful story of resistance, creativity, and hope through...
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Anti-apartheid art exhibition coming to Oxford
oxfordmail.co.uk
All Shall Be Afforded Dignity by Norman Kaplan will be hosted by Ovada and Cowley Library from June.
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Last week to see artist Norman Kaplan's skilful & inspiring work @ThePortico Tuesday to Friday next week. And Friday 25 April, live panel of activists who led anti-SA- apartheid campaigns, including massive boycott action, in the NW. @PentonStreetCML
https://t.co/5UCDgnEIS7
So glad @ThePortico hosting this exhibition of Norman Kaplan linocuts from South Africa pre- and post-liberation: a lifetime of humanity & skilful cutting; his cartoons for underground ANC mags satirical & subversive. Don't miss! @PentonStreetCML @ACTSA
https://t.co/c0pV2nDMZO
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🌱 Our Spring '25 newsletter is here! ▪️#museum build update ▪️upcoming events ▪️community news 📖 Read it here: https://t.co/K4ireI9b56 🔗 Previous issues & sign up: https://t.co/G4Haxgoklx
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“You should never be afraid to do the right thing” Estavan Newington Green Year 6s respond @Naidoo_J2J's Journey to Jo’burg at 40th anniv. w/ @MichaelRosenYes & @rapclassroom
@LondonMetLab @HeritageFundUK @IslingtonBC 🎬 Watch Speedwagon vids + read https://t.co/pSZS3EZ5Yh
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A remarkable story well told! 🎥 Well worth a look if you’ve not seen it yet. @PentonStreetCML @LondonRecruits
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🎭 The Moth is a visceral play exploring themes of race, identity & trauma of warfare and apartheid in South Africa. Touring northern UK til 12th April Read Paul Herzberg’s blog on its genesis: 🔗 https://t.co/pzKhiqZ8bp 📷M. v Neikerk #TheMothPlay @ElysiumTc #TheatreForChange
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Last night at @southbankcentre we were treated to an explosion of emotion, energy & vibrancy at this incredible #dance that shares a piece of #SouthAfrica's cultural heritage. Don't miss - final show tonight. A few 🎟️ remain - DM us for community offer https://t.co/VNew74Tz0L
southbankcentre.co.uk
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We're doing a free talk, discussion & book-signing for Beyond the Secret Garden @brixtonlibrary on Tuesday 25th March. Coming along - tell a friend! @ksandsoconnor @BooksForKeeps
https://t.co/wVdxt2JrBX..
eventbrite.co.uk
Join Dr Darren Chetty and Professor Karen Sands O’Connor to discuss Race and Children's Literature
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This week, Y6 took part in an Islington Local Heroes workshop. Nadia Joseph from the Anti-Apartheid Legacy shared stories of courageous, creative and change-making people including her parents! It was a fascinating session & we cannot wait for the new museum to open in Islington
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So glad @ThePortico hosting this exhibition of Norman Kaplan linocuts from South Africa pre- and post-liberation: a lifetime of humanity & skilful cutting; his cartoons for underground ANC mags satirical & subversive. Don't miss! @PentonStreetCML @ACTSA
https://t.co/c0pV2nDMZO
manchesterwire.co.uk
A new exhibition coming to The Portico this month will celebrate and examine 30 years of democracy in South Africa.
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#OTD #Sharpeville, 21 March 1960 Birgit Jansen’s collage honours them "it represents the souls of the 69 people that died as a result of the massacre in Sharpeville. Each head is an innocent soul seen through the reflection of the eye" #HumanRightsDay #antiapartheid #HumanRights
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@PentonStreetCML @MichaelRosenYes @rapclassroom @LondonMetUni @LondonMetLab @HeritageFundUK @IslingtonBC A lovely event going down memory lane while signalling future journeys to fairness & justice. Thanks to all contributors, including all the backroom work at @PentonStreetCML !
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📚 Celebrating 40 years of Beverley Naidoo's Journey to Jo’burg with @Naidoo_J2J, @MichaelRosenYes & @rapclassroom Congrats Newington Green Primary students on awards for fantastic creative responses to the book Thanks @LondonMetUni @LondonMetLab @HeritageFundUK & @IslingtonBC
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Looking forward to taking part in this panel @MarxLibrary - join us 27/03 to talk #decolonisingeducation #archive & #CommunityEngagement drawing on themes from Prof Marjorie Mayo’s 📕‘Decolonising Community Education & Development: understanding the past, learning for the future’
Calling all educators, activists and archivists! Join us for a drinks reception, archive display and panel discussion next Thursday 27 March Online & onsite Book here https://t.co/MvzpB1ADmW
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Inspiring performances in powerful new play #TheMoth from @ElysiumTc @LiveTheatre touching on apartheid, truth , war and race... privileged to take part in wide ranging discussion afterwards with the producer, and Olivia Bernard
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Now showing in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland! Don't miss 'Ernest Cole: Lost and Found' about the South African photographer who was the first to expose the horrors of apartheid to a world audience. #SouthAfrica Find out more: https://t.co/vZ1hO4O365
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Good to see work commencing on the soon to be ‘Centre of Memory and Learning’ on the site of the African National Congress’s former London HQ. This is a building I’ll be talking about on my guided walk: ‘Ribaldry, Radicals & Reform!’: https://t.co/iLWLCB9mw0 🎟️ @PentonStreetCML
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