On Thursday 20th March 2025, Anti-Apartheid Legacy had the immense honour of hosting a very special event to mark 40 years since the publication of Beverley Naidoo’s iconic children’s novel, Journey to Jo’burg. Teachers from…
Header image shows a view of the Namibian border. Photograph Paul Herzberg, 2010.I left South Africa at the age of twenty-three, having just returned from the Angolan Border War as a re-conscripted soldier. It was…
Victor Power as John in 'The Moth' (Covid Monologue, Winner of Best Monologue Kwanzaa Film Festival, NYC 2023.)On the 27th of February 2025, Elysium Theatre Company present the world premiere of The Moth, a new…
View of proposed entrance at 28 Penton Street (Al-Jawad Pike Architects) In the heart of Islington, London, a powerful transformation is underway. The historic building at 28 Penton Street, once a refuge and HQ for…
Resilient Roots A blog by Declan Munro.My name is Declan, and I’m a recent MA graduate in Visual Communication: Graphic Design from London Metropolitan University. One of the most impactful projects I worked on during…
The 'breaking of ground' moment was an intimate occasion shared with some of our communities including staff and students at London Metropolitan University and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School, representatives of the Southern African diaspora in…
A screening of Life is Wonderful: Mandela's Unsung Heroes I’m Jessica Douglas-Pires, an A-Level student studying social sciences and humanities. I attended the Mandela Day film screening: ‘Life is wonderful: Mandela’s Unsung Heroes’ to…
Ahmed Kathrada A tribute on the 95th anniversary of his birth On 21st August 1929, Ahmed Kathrada was born in South Africa. His family had to move to Johannesburg when he was a young boy…
