The British Library’s latest exhibition ‘Secret Maps’ shows how mapping has been used as a tool of power and how communities have challenged that power by reclaiming space and their identity. It includes ‘Off the Grid’, an installation co-curated by the...
Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) will celebrate its 30th birthday at a special event at St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London on Tuesday 17 June. The party will include ‘bubbles’ and afternoon tea and a fundraising silent auction....
The Anti-Apartheid Legacy Trust's Centre of Memory and Learning is set to open in early summer this year. It is based at 28 Penton Street, Islington, London, the ANC’s former London HQ. The Centre will house exhibitions, an archive and study...
Oxford is the next venue for the exhibition of South African artist Norman Kaplan’s linocuts and cartoons, part of a programme to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid. They will be on show at OVADA, The Warehouse, 14A Osney Lane (off...
An exhibition of linocuts and cartoons by South African artist Norman Kaplan will be on show at the Crypt Gallery, St Martin's-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square from 22 April to 1 May. The artworks evoke themes of democracy and determination to fight...
A new podcast in the '100 Campaigns that Changed the World' series features the Anti-Apartheid Movement. Chitra Karve, Suresh Kamath and Tim Oshodi talk about how the AAM grew from small beginnings to become the biggest ever British international solidarity...
This year’s ACTSA dinner will take place on Wednesday 29 November at South Africa House. Browse gifts and holidays donated for the auction, dance with guest DJ, enjoy 3-course dinner and drinks. And support Action for Southern Africa in its...
Julian Bahula, who died on 1 October, was an extraordinary musician, who pioneered the use of music in anti-apartheid campaigning. Julian organised the Africa Sounds concert at Alexandra Palace in London in 1983 to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 65th birthday. His...
Following its successful run at the Southwark Playhouse, Strike! will tour Britain and Ireland next year. Strike! tells the story of the Dublin shopworkers who refused to sell South African fruit in 1984. Venues will include Coventry, Poole,...
Discover how international tennis associations colluded with apartheid in Saleem Badat's new book Tennis, Apartheid and Social Justice: The First Non-Racial International Tennis Tour. Professor Badat will talk about his book at SOAS on 26 June. You...