Documenting changing fashion in Africa post-1960
This pin badge features a portrait of Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who lead Soviet Russia from 1917-1924. It formerly belonged to Charles Makhuya. In the 1970s Charles was a guerrilla / freedom fighter with the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), the armed wing of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU). Read More …
This pin badge features a portrait of Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who lead Soviet Russia from 1917-1924. It formerly belonged to Charles Makhuya. In the 1970s Charles was a guerrilla / freedom fighter with the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), the armed wing of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU). Read More …
This pin badge features the acronym for the South West Africa People’s Organization, a political party and former independence movement in Namibia. Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990. It formerly belonged to Charles Makhuya. In the 1970s Charles was a guerrilla / freedom fighter with the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), the armed Read More …
This pin badge features the acronym for the South West Africa People’s Organization, a political party and former independence movement in Namibia, which gained independence from South Africa in 1990. Collected as part of the Fashioning Africa project. Creator: unknown Place: Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa Date: 1970s
This pin badge features the acronym for the Zimbabwe African People’s Union, a political party and national liberation movement formed in 1961, which sought majority rule in Southern Rhodesia and fought for Zimbabwe’s independence. It formerly belonged to Charles Makhuya. In the 1970s Charles was a guerrilla / freedom fighter with the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Read More …
This pin badge features Agostinho Neto. Neto was the first president of Angola following the end of the Angolan War of Independence and the signing of the Alvor Agreement in 1975. It formerly belonged to Charles Makhuya. In the 1970s Charles was a guerrilla / freedom fighter with the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), the Read More …
This spoon was made in Cuba and issued, as part of a kit, to soldiers in the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), an armed faction of the socialist Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) political party. The spoon belonged to Charles Makhuya, a guerrilla/freedom fighter with ZIPRA in the 1970s. Collected as part of the Fashioning Read More …
This bundle of paper money from Zimbabwe, in Z$500 notes, is a relic from 2007, when Zimbabwe experienced monetary instability, subjecting the currency to hyperinflation. It was the first case of hyperinflation in the 21st Century. This money belonged to Charles Makhuya, a guerrilla / freedom fighter with the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) in Read More …
This metal badge features a portrait of Agostinho Neto in white enamel. Neto was the first president of Angola following the end of the Angolan War of Independence and the signing of the Alvor Agreement in 1975. This badge formerly belonged to Charles Makhuya. In the 1970s Charles was a guerrilla / freedom fighter with Read More …
Tie-dyed sweatshirt from Zimbabwe. This long-sleeved cream sweatshirt formerly belonged to Charles Makhuya. In the 1970s Charles was a guerrilla / freedom fighter with the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), the armed wing of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU). Charles and the other recruits tie-dyed the shirts themselves to individualise them, using red ochre Read More …