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South Africa’s Equality Court has banned flying the country’s apartheid-era flag, saying that “gratuitous” displays of the flag are acts of hate speech and racial discrimination. As the ...
Outdoor art exhibition remembers the 100th anniversary of the Pan-African flag In “Pa’lante,” artist Heather Raquel Phillips uses a series of flags to recall Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African movement.
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Marcus Garvey designed the African ...
A South African court is restricting gratuitous displays of the country's old apartheid-era flag, calling the banner "a vivid symbol of white supremacy and black disenfranchisement and suppression ...
The Brooklyn-based artist Dread Scott has opened an imaginary agency in Venice, “All African People’s Consulate,” as a comment on European immigration policies. Matteo de Mayda for The New ...
St. George was the Patron Saint of England, St. Andrew of Scotland and everyone knows about St. Patrick. When a flag for the United Kingdom was desired the three crosses peculiar to the three ...
A quarter of a century after Nelson Mandela led the movement that ended oppression of black people in South Africa, the foundation that carries his name won the fight to ban the country’s old ...
Thembani Hastings Mqhayi, an Eastern Cape artist, is challenging the government over the design of the South African flag, claiming it was based on his original work. He voices his frustration ...
To further elevate South Africa’s standing in the global tourism market, the hospitality industry must leverage the power of heritage, design, and art.
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a ruling that the “gratuitous” public display of the country's old apartheid-era flag amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination ...
South Africa's flag will fly at the ongoing Rugby and Cricket World Cups after an appeal is submitted over a Wada deadline to update the country's anti-doping laws.