On 🇿🇦 #HeritageDay we echo this year’s theme: Reimagining heritage for a new era 📹 Wembley ‘88 Mandela concert posters - donated by an activist - used in co-creation workshop with local students, our Centre is where memory inspires solidarity today #AntiApartheid #archive #art #heritage #Museum

🚧 Big steps forward @ Penton Street! We welcomed trustees @peterhain.bsky.social and HE J.N. Mamabolo & @aamarchives.bsky.social to tour the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre site Thrilled to walk up new staircase (bye ladders 👋) Next up: the lift ♿ Opening 2026 – Europe’s first #AntiApartheid #museum

“House of Bondage” shook the world in 1967 - Ernest Cole’s fearless lens exposed apartheid’s brutality. Read more antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/ernest-cole/ 📷 E.Cole 'Which black train to take is matter of guesswork..In confusion passengers sometimes jump across track’ #Photography #AntiApartheid

🕊️ #OnThisDay 5yrs ago #GeorgeBizos, the #activist #lawyer who defended freedom fighters like Mandela, Hani, & Tsvangirai, died In our blog, Sean Hosey,London Recruit & one of Pretoria Six whose life Bizos defended, reflects on his legacy antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/remembering-... #AntiApartheid

🌱 Seeds of Freedom 🌱 BA Illustration student Rhys responds to our brief on 1955 Freedom Charter. Using metaphor of King Protea, his comic, poster & craft activities for #schools explore equality, resilience & hope 👉🏽 antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/seeds-of-fre... #Art #Illustration #FreedomCharter

🗣️ CALL OUT: Join 3 creative workshops to shape the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre mural! Southern African heritage? You or family part of the anti-apartheid struggle? Passion for justice? Yes to any of the above? Travel covered in London, online option poss Sign up forms.gle/hxVpJwiEw5hc...

Introducing HAM the Illustrator as Creative Director of Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre mural HAM will lead development of this public artwork honouring justice, memory & the anti-apartheid struggle that speaks to all now Info on co-creation opps coming soon #art #mural #illustrator #antiapartheid

🕊️ #OTD 20 Aug we honour Dulcie September (1935–1988) -teacher, activist, ANC rep in Europe. Jailed, tortured, exiled, she exposed apartheid’s crimes. Assassinated in Paris, her killers were never tried. More antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/ega-school-h... #art #EGAschool student Sophia #antiapartheid

🕊️ #Onthisday 1982, Ruth First - journalist, activist & fearless truth-teller - was assassinated by apartheid agents in Mozambique. Her story lives on, her likeness captured in a student portrait for the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre. More in Blog. ✊🏽 #RuthFirst #OTD #WomensMonth #art #antiapartheid

´Power to the women is power to the nation’ #OnThisDay 1956, 20,000 women marched for freedom vs apartheid. Decades later, the WNC carried that torch, uniting women for equality. The struggle continues in 🇿🇦& across 🌍🌏🌎 #WomensDay #southafrica #heritage #otd #legacy #archive #activism #antiapartheid

🔸 ‘Heal’ - Tea Marie Thjømøe, (Aloe aculeata) 🔸 ‘Now You Can See’ - Rebecca Tosoni, (Plecanthus ciliatus) A collab. between artists and South African diaspora elders - centring storytelling, ancestral knowledge, & emotional, cultural landscapes of the plants #art #heritage #culture #antiapartheid

"inspired by #Mandela words from prison.. gardening offered a rare sense of control and quiet hope..Protea symbolises 🇿🇦’s diverse identity, while the blocky Lapidaria recalls a raised fist – visual expressions of #resistance & ongoing struggle for #freedom + #justice" S.D.Guaman #art #illustration

Our Summer 2025 #newsletter is out! Read about progress on our #museum build, community #news #art #heritage & find out about ways to get involved with Anti-Apartheid Legacy. 📖 Read now: us14.campaign-archive.com?u=bd9efb6b59... 🔗 Past issues + sign up: us14.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=bd9e...

Remembering #activist Dora Tamana - freedom fighter, feminist, organiser Her words still resound: “You must go forward!” Read about her radical vision and enduring legacy in Dr Nicholas Grant's blog. 🔗 antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/dora_tamana_... #DoraTamana #AntiApartheid #YouMustGoForward

#OTD 18th July, #MandelaDay we honour Nelson Mandela’s legacy - a lifelong fight for justice, equality for all This GIF was created by Shakerah, at London Metropolitan Uni, inspired by Mandela’s election as South Africa’s first Black president. #illustration #animation #freedom #antiapartheid

We're celebrating a huge milestone at 28 Penton Street, #Islington – the topping out of Europe’s first Anti-Apartheid museum! 🇿🇦🧱 Big thanks to our team & funders bringing this legacy to life. A new space for justice, resistance & solidarity is rising! #AntiApartheid #museum #London #heritage

Norman Kaplan's evocative #linoprint 'Messengers' at @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social's #CowleyLibrary OX4 #Oxford until 21st July Part of #free #art #exhibition 'All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!' marking 30yrs since end of apartheid in 🇿🇦 Co-curated with @actsa-uk.bsky.social & @aamarchives.bsky.social

Now in @oxfordcitycouncil.bsky.social‬'s Cowley Library! All Shall Be Afforded Dignity exhibition is open till 21 July - stunning linoprints & political cartoons by Norman Kaplan against apartheid and for a new South Africa + Mandela Day activities coming up 18 July @antiapartheidlgcy.bsky.social

100 Campaigns that Changed the World Season 3 kicks off: excellent insights from @duncangreenlse.bsky.social reflecting on campaigns including #uberdrivers #cornlaws #makepovertyhistory @oxfamgb.bsky.social @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @antiapartheidlgcy.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Norman Kaplan’s powerful #linoprint 'Xhosa woman playing the Uhadi' at @ovadagallery.bsky.social - 'til 5pm 1st July Part of free exhibition marking 30 yrs since end of #apartheid, with political cartoons of #SouthAfrican resistance #Oxford #Art @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social

What exactly is international solidarity - and how can we be part of it today? Oxford people - Don't miss this dialogue with Zimbabwe human rights defender and solidarity campaigner Makomborero Haruzivishe on Saturday at 2.30pm at Ovada Gallery #InternationalSolidarity #GlobalJustice

70 years since the #FreedomCharter was adopted in Kliptown, a bold vision for justice & equality #GraphicDesign student Yesim Cetin’s speculative exhibition imagines the Charter as a living call to action, part of our work with London Met Uni 📖 Read more antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/marking-70-y...

#OTD 26 June 1955, the #FreedomCharter was adopted in Kliptown “The people shall govern!” 70 years on, Abigail Warren’s powerful animation explores its tenet “The Land Shall Be Divided Amongst Those Who Work It!” 🎥 Full #animation & blog antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/district-six... #SouthAfrica

#AntiApartheid #art by Norman Kaplan is on @ovadagallery.bsky.social ‘til 1st July Free exhibition marking 30 yrs since end of apartheid & tracing journey to democracy in #SouthAfrica, calling for dignity for all Launch tonight 6pm - join us! #oxford @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social

“Resist!” by Declan Munro, inspired by 🌿 Welwitschia mirabilis, mirrors the strength of those who fought apartheid & reflects process of healing from its wounds Part of 'Resilient Roots' Exhibition @ Chelsea Physic Garden 16–29 June #plants & #protest 🎟️ Free w/ #garden entry #AntiApartheid #art

“To Harvest” by Sammy Davis Guaman, inspired by the unique qualities of Protea and Lapidaria, evokes the ongoing global struggle for freedom and justice. Part of 'Resilient Roots' Exhibition @ Chelsea Physic Garden 16–29 June Art, #plants & #protest 🎟️ Free w/ #garden entry #AntiApartheid #art

“Heal!” by Tea Marie Sudland Thjømøe, inspired by Aloe aculeata, honours South African resilience. Fingerprints evoke identity & history shared by elders. Part of 'Resilient Roots' Exhibition @ Chelsea Physic Garden 16–29 June Art, plants & protest 🎟️ Free w/ garden entry #AntiApartheid #art

Lots of focus on how lessons from the #Anti-Apartheid struggle can inform today’s events. The excellent @aamarchives.bsky.social and upcoming @antiapartheidlgcy.bsky.social are well worth following!

See Norman Kaplan’s powerful linocut 'The Barber' at John Wesley’s New Room, Bristol - only 'til 4pm Thur 19 June Part of free exhibition marking 30 yrs since end of apartheid, with local archives + prints from #SouthAfrican resistance #Bristol #Art @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social

On #YouthDay, we honour those who rose in #Soweto in 1976 & all who resist injustice, then and now. New blog by Brinta Mutinda spotlights Princeton students’ solidarity with SA’s anti-apartheid struggle ✊🏿 Read antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/american_you... #YouthDay2025 #AntiApartheid #Solidarity

🎙️ Tune in to Ujima Radio 98FM today at 4PM for an interview by #UWE students with artist Norman Kaplan on his anti-apartheid art & activism Exhibition runs at John Wesley’s New Room, #Bristol, till 19 June #ArtAsActivism #AntiApartheid #Art #Radio @actsa-uk.bsky.social @ujimaradio.bsky.social

🌍 Happy #AfricaDay! ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼✊🏾 Explore how African liberation movements united in solidarity with South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle 🇿🇦 📖 Read: antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/heritage-art... 🖼️ Sechaba, Aug'83 #PanAfricanism #AfricaDay2025 #AntiApartheid #Solidarity #Africa

Two powerful #Bristol exhibitions explore #art as tool of struggle & hope; reflection on liberation of #Mozambique and democracy in #SouthAfrica Visit both & witness resistance through creativity @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social #BristolLinkWithBeira #ArtAsResistance #humanrights

🖤All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!🖤 Mark 30 yrs of 🇿🇦's freedom thru Norman Kaplan’s art + #exhibtion on journey to democracy 📍John Wesley’s New Room, til 19 Jun 📷 #Bristol & #antiapartheid #heritage displayed in 18th century chapel @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social #Activism #art

Inspired by a story about an abandoned baby under apartheid, our intern Megan responds 💬 "I wanted to emphasise how idiotic the segregation truly was...I used green to represent hope and freedom" Visit blog for full 🎬 antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/a-babys-life/ #Animation #AntiApartheid #Illustration

🖤All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!🖤 Mark 30 yrs of 🇿🇦's freedom thru Norman Kaplan’s art + Bristol’s #antiapartheid history 🗣️“Bristol played a pivotal role”Kaplan 📍 John Wesley’s New Room, til 19 Jun 🖼️ 1989 Festival @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social #Activism #Bristol #Exhibition #art

🎬 London Recruits #Film at @wshed.bsky.social + 🖼️ All Shall Be Afforded Dignity! #Art #Exhibition at John Wesley’s New Room Anti-Apartheid in #Bristol Join us in celebrating the legacy of #solidarity #Bristol #AntiApartheid and #Act4Today #justice @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social

Now open! All Shall Be Afforded Dignity! Norman Kaplan's powerful #art at John Wesley’s New Room, Bristol One early visitor said ‘made me feel hopeful…made the whole day come alive, rich and fulfilling’ 📍 BS1 3JE | Free | ‘til 19 June @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social #exhibition

On this anniversary of South Africa's first fully free and non-racial election, for which Nelson Mandela and so many sacrificed so much to achieve, we are pleased to announce the opening of our competition for a sculptor for a permanent memorial to Mandela in Glasgow. See bit.ly/statuecomp

#FreedomDay 🇿🇦 marks SA’s first democratic elections #OTD in 1994 - nearly 40 years after the Freedom Charter declared “The People Shall Govern.” Jodie Houlihan, vis comm student at London Met Uni captures this spirit of hope & determination + enduring relevance through #illustration #OnThisDay #art

🎨 All Shall Be Afforded Dignity! Norman Kaplan's powerful lino prints + cartoons on dignity, democracy & justice. 📍 John Wesley’s New Room, Bristol (36 The Horsefair, BS1 3JE) 🗓️ 29 Apr–19 Jun 2025 🎟️ Free! 👉 antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/norman-kapla... @actsa-uk.bsky.social @aamarchives.bsky.social

If you work in children’s publishing in the U.K. in anyway shape or form and especially if being a racialise minority is not your experience I would strongly urge you to read this. We know diversity and representation is an issue. And yet the pace of change is glacial. @darrenchetty.bsky.social

🖤 *All Shall Be Afforded Dignity! at @porticolibrary.bsky.social ends Thurs 24 Apr (7pm). Linocuts, books & ephemera explore apartheid, activism & SA's liberation. 🎥 Final Panel & discussion eve: Fri 25 Apr 6–7pm 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1302993621... #Manchester #AntiApartheid #ArtExhibition

🌱 Our Spring 2025 newsletter is out! Read about progress on our #museum build, catch up on events, stories and community news & find out about ways to get involved with Anti-Apartheid Legacy. 📖 Read now: mailchi.mp/1aa1f4cf393b... 🔗 Past issues + sign up: us14.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=bd9e...

“You should never be afraid to do the right thing" Estavan Students at Newington Green Sch respond to 📚 Journey to Jo’burg by #BeverleyNaidoo at 40th Anniversary w. @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @darrenchetty.bsky.social Watch 🎬 by Speedwagon & read blog: antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/40years_jour...

📣 Fri 25 Apr, 6–7PM @porticolibrary.bsky.social Evening of panel discussion on anti-apartheid activism, focus on #Manchester Image: Art by George Nene (Frontline States Ltd) Last chance to see All Shall Be Afforded Dignity! at The Portico Free, info: antiapartheidlegacy.org.uk/antiaparthei...

📽️ Screening of award-winning ´Comrade Tambo’s London Recruits’ 📍Bay 57 @westwaytrust.bsky.social 🎟️ free, Revision Film Festival 📆 Wed 16th April. Doors 5.30pm, screening 6.00pm followed by Q&A with Director Gordon Main + our Heritage Lead & Activist Nadia Joseph. #LondonRecruits #AntiApartheid

🖼️ ‘Hoe Lekker Pose Ons Nou’, Norman Kaplan(1967) A bold, witty linocut reflecting the Cape Coloured community's experience during apartheid See this powerful #exhibition @porticolibrary.bsky.social Library before Thu 24 Apr! #artivism #antiapartheid #normankaplan #Manchester @actsa-uk.bsky.social

Our trustee @peterhain.bsky.social spent yesterday morning with yr12&13 #historians at Esher 6th Form College, sharing his lived-experience of #antiapartheid activism and supporting their learning about #history of #southafrica, the legacies of colonialism & ongoing struggles. 🎥 resource to follow

A remarkable story well told! 🎥 Well worth a look if you’ve not seen it yet. @antiapartheidlgcy.bsky.social #apartheid