For the oppressed in South Africa, freedom songs were a weapon in the struggle against colonial conquest and apartheid, and are part of the collective memory of the struggle against apartheid.
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🎼🎼 Freedom songs tell the story of the people, organizations, events, ideologies, beliefs, hopes, dreams and emotions that were part of the struggle for freedom.

#DYK the core function of the Education and Public Programmes Department is to offer multimodal programmes by utilizing the collections, objects, stories, exhibitions, commemorative days and other resources that are inclusive, encourage participation, promote awareness,... enhance knowledge and understanding, foster respect of human rights and contribute to social cohesion and human dignity?
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'China renamed Rosa – From childhood sold five times'

The life of China, called by at least three names and sold five times, illustrates how impossible it was for a slave to hold onto even the most basic unit of identity. China of Singaracolla was sold into slavery as a child. Six years later, ‘China, renamed Rosa’ was sold for 18 pagados, to a VOC sailor, Hendrik Hillman. A month after this, now recorded as ‘Rosa’, she was sold at a 100 percent profit to a Dutch ship’s captain, Cornelius Bosch.

'Matereality', curated by Andrea Lewis, unpacks how artists have used materials, whether directly or indirectly, to raise questions about larger societal concerns.

🎨🎨🎨 The exhibition depicts, among many realities, climate and environmental issues, consumerism, technology, globalisation, xenophobia, migration, religion, beauty, gender, sexuality, and politics.

'Magdalena van Batavia – Bought the freedom of her daughters'
Sometimes the only way for a slave mother to save her children was to free herself and then buy her own children. In 1740, Magdalena van Batavia bought and signed for her daughter’s freedom in front of seven witnesses. However, this was not enough to guarantee freedom for Mengis and Elizabeth, her children.
Magdalena died before the sale had become a formal manumission request, leaving her daughters still officially slaves.