Documenting changing fashion in Africa post-1960
This T shirt was produced for the first democratic South African presidential elections held in 1994. It was worn by a supporter of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The party had anti-apartheid roots and was formed in what is now KwaZulu-Natal. This form of ‘protest’ or ‘struggle’ T shirt became popular in South Africa during Read More …
This T shirt is one of many designs produced to celebrate Nelson Mandela becoming the first black, democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994. It features a portrait of Mandela and the new flag of South Africa designed that year to represent the end of apartheid rule and the new democracy. This form of Read More …
This T shirt is one of many designs produced for the South African presidential elections in 1994. It was worn by a supporter of the African National Congress (ANC) party and their candidate Nelson Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black head of state. This form of ‘protest’ or ‘struggle’ T shirt became popular in Read More …
This T shirt is one of many designs produced for the South African presidential elections held in 1994. It was worn by a supporter of the African National Congress (ANC) party and their candidate Nelson Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black head of state. It features the slogan ‘Now is the Time’ in English, Read More …
This T shirt is one of many designs produced for the South African presidential elections held in 1994. It was worn by a supporter of the African National Congress (ANC) party and their candidate Nelson Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black head of state. This form of ‘protest’ or ‘struggle’ T shirt became popular Read More …
This scarf was acquired from South African textile historian Juliette Leeb-du Toit. She bought it from a charity shop around 2010 but it dates from the early 1990s. In the years leading up to the end of Apartheid doves were used as a symbol of the hope for peace in the country. Juliette recalls pin Read More …
This T shirt is one of a collection acquired from South African textile historian Juliette Leeb-du Toit. A family member bought it in Pretoria as a gift for her children. In the years leading up to the end of Apartheid doves were used as a symbol of the hope for peace in the country. Juliette Read More …
This T shirt is one of many designs produced for the South African presidential elections in 1994, the country’s first fully representative democratic election. It was worn in support of the African National Congress (ANC) party and their candidate Nelson Mandela, who became South Africa’s first black head of state. This form of ‘protest’ or Read More …
This T-shirt in support of UNIP was produced in Zambia for the 1991 election, the first multi-party election in the country since 1968. UNIP is an acronym for the United National Independence Party, a socialist party that had governed Zambia from its independence in 1964. The party comprehensively lost the 1991 election to the Movement Read More …
This pair of kangas from Nairobi, Kenya, was made to promote the political party Jubilee in a 2017 election. Kangas are bought in pairs and worn as an outfit with one wrapped as a skirt and one as a top, shawl, or headcovering. They usually feature a slogan which is used to make a statement, Read More …