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Visiting Cape Town for Mam’ Leah Tutu’s 90th Birthday

Header image: View towards Lion’s Head, Cape Town, October 2023Imagine having an amazing opportunity to learn about one of the most significant struggles in the history of humankind - the anti-apartheid struggle and the liberation…

Lisa17 February 2024

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Mama Afrika: Hope, Determination and Song

Zimbabwean-born singer, musician and storyteller, Anna Mudeka, is touring the UK until June 2024 with her show, Mama Afrika: Hope, Determination and Song, which tells the remarkable life story of the iconic South African singer,…

Lisa17 February 2024

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Adelaide Joseph – In Memoriam

A year ago today, Adelaide Joseph, a veteran of the struggle against apartheid, died in London aged 89. She was born into a devout Christian and deeply conservative Indian family in rural South Africa. She…

Liliesleaf Trust UK19 October 2023

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Complicit Architecture: Sites of apartheid-era incarceration

The apartheid agenda propagated the division of wealth, pooling of resources and infrastructural advancements in areas of racial dominance. Post-democracy, The African National Congress (ANC) took a position in the overhauling of these systems and…

Liliesleaf Trust UK30 August 2023

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Blanche La Guma, Obituary and Tribute

On July 6th 2023, we heard the sad news that South African activist, Blanche La Guma, had died in the Cape at the age of 95. Blanche (nee Herman) was born in Cape Town, South Africa.…

Liliesleaf Trust UK3 August 2023

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Individual and Collective Trauma: Seeking Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation

Disclaimer: Please be advised this blog contains content, including descriptions of and references to torture and suicide, that some readers might find disturbing and/or upsetting. Above Image: Graphical illustration of the 'suicide trajectory' from the 10th…

Liliesleaf Trust UK1 August 2023

Photo by: Marco Longari. Israeli Apartheid Week on a South African Campus 2017

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Is History repeating itself under our watch?

Is History repeating itself under our watch? Palestine and South Africa - the connections run deep Header image: Israeli Apartheid Week on a South African Campus, 2017. Photographer, Marco Longari.Around the world, the term apartheid…

Liliesleaf Trust UK17 July 2023

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An Epidemic: Gender Based Violence Against Women in South Africa

*Gender Based Violence.This article by project collaborator, Hannah Anesu Costelloe, was written and first published for the Digital Global Rights Journal, a digital publication that provides a space for discussion of global human rights issues…

Liliesleaf Trust UK9 April 2023

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Hamba kahle (go well) Frene Ginwala

TLTU pays tribute to Frene Ginwala Frene Ginwala (ANC), pictured right and Lisbeth Palme (UNICEF Sweden) pictured left at the AWEPA (Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa; formerly AWEPAA) conference 'Children of Apartheid: International…

Liliesleaf Trust UK1 February 2023

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“Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Material Culture, Heritage and Now”

The Liliesleaf Trust UK (TLTU) and partner London Metropolitan University’s Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement (CREATURE) jointly appointed artist-researcher Dr Ekua McMorris to work on a project, “Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Material Culture, Heritage and…

Liliesleaf Trust UK10 January 2023