Karen Williamsさんのイラストまとめ

#Power

Mandela the icon was partly the result of the tireless fight of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela & her daughters. She fought 2 keep his name alive through all of the 80s, often when activists were v. uncomfortable with Mandela being elevated thru the tireless fight of the #Mandela women

#Sankofa

Patti Smith has a new book out. 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

Am I the only one who remembers the ANC’s promise that when liberation comes, Joe Slovo will tell Yiddish jokes in the slot at the end of TV broadcasts that the apartheid gov kept for Christian religious scriptures? #AfricansinAsia

Another Cape painting from UCT Libraries Digital Collections: man wears toring hat of slave, the woman seems to be wearing kaparangs on her feet. Also, note her hairpin - I've seen it in numerous paintings of old Cape Town: likely depicting an (enslaved) Asian woman?

Two paintings of central Cape Town. Note the toring hat and bare feet of the men - showing them to be enslaved. Source: UCT Libraries Digital Collections