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Creativity Live: Celebrating Diversity – 15th October 2026

Creativity Live: Celebrating Diversity Thursday 15 October, 11.00–11.50am, marking UK Black History Month and 50 years since the Soweto Uprising, in partnership with Eastside. We’re inviting Primary Schools (KS2) to join a FREE 50-minute interactive livestream workshop on Thursday 15 October,…

liliesleaf2support10 September 2026

Blogs General

A Mural That Belongs to Everyone: The community co-design process behind the new AALC mural

A Mural That Belongs to Everyone: The community co-design process behind the new AALC mural What does it mean to remember the Anti-Apartheid movement today — and who gets to decide how that story is…

Roland Urban13 July 2026

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Interning with the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre

A blog by Izzy Lemus Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University June, 2026 Header image is of a 1971 anti-apartheid protest opposite Ministry of Defence (Workers Press / AAM Archives)This summer, I had the opportunity…

Roland Urban6 July 2026

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Reframing the Soweto Uprising for a New Generation

Reframing the Soweto Uprising for a New Generation A blog by Jaydon Thamotharampillay, June 2026Hello, I'm a Level 5 Graphic Design student that studies at London Metropolitan University. I recently took part in a 12-week…

liliesleaf2support29 June 2026

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Two Children, One Country, Two Different Worlds

Two Children, One Country, Two Different Worlds A blog by Sofia Reitano, June 2026A Gif created as part of the project to help connect with the target audience - it is a reproduction of page…

liliesleaf2support28 June 2026

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Walking Alongside History: Designing the Soweto Uprising for a New Generation

Walking Alongside History: Designing the Soweto Uprising for a new generation A blog by Chloe Sibley, June 2026Hi everyone! My name is Chloe Sibley and I am a Level 5 Undergraduate student from London Metropolitan…

liliesleaf2support23 June 2026

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Soweto Uprising: Then. Now. Next.

Soweto Uprising: Then. Now. Next. A Paper Cut Stop-Motion Animation By Rosie BoeA still from my animation, using archival materials as a thematic background and with illustrations based on signs that the students created in…

liliesleaf2support17 June 2026

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Designing Memory: What the Archive Leaves Unseen

Designing Memory: What the Archive Leaves Unseen A blog by Tom Standish, June 2026My name is Tom Standish and I am a Graphic Design student at London Metropolitan University. This work reflects my response to…

liliesleaf2support15 June 2026

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Giving Voice to History: Creating a Comic and Poster about the Soweto Uprising A blog by Salma Zoe Medina Cameno, June 2026A panel from page 3 of the comic I produced, showing students from Soweto…

liliesleaf2support11 June 2026

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Community Engagement with ‘All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!’

A blog by Marina Gentry EspinosaWhen I began my Master’s in Museum Studies at the University of York, I had my sights set on a career in curating. I envisioned myself conducting object research or…

Roland Urban27 April 2026