Documenting changing fashion in Africa post-1960
This T shirt was produced to commemorate the deaths of two prominent Kenyan activitsts and martyrs. Activitists such as Zarina Patel and Zahid Rajan, who the Museum acquired this T shirt from, produced and wore these ‘protest’ or ‘struggle’ T shirts as a form of resistance and commemoration. They have amassed a collection of protest Read More …
This T shirt was created to promote political change in Kenya and demand a return to a democracy. Inspired by the events in South Africa at the time, the T shirt depicts Nelson and Winnie Mandela, and celebrates Mandela’s release from prison and the African National Congress Party (ANC). Underground activitists such as Zarina Patel Read More …
This T shirt was produced to mark the 10th anniversary of the campaign to save Jeevanjee Gardens, a public park in Nairobi. The Gardens were founded and donated to the people of Nairobi by Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, an Indian born entrepreneur. When the park’s future was threatened with sale to developers in 1991, Jeevanjee’s descendents, Read More …
This T shirt was produced to celebrate South Sudan Independence Day on July 9th 2011. It features John Garang de Mabior, leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army during the second Sudanese civil war. He was influential in the movement which led to the founding of South Sudan but did not live to see it, Read More …
This T shirt was produced for a South African presidential election. These were worn by supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) party and their candidate Thabo Mbeki. Mbeki became South Africa’s second black head of state in 1999, preceded by Nelson Mandela. It belonged to Dr. Catherine Elliot Weinberg, a UK-based South African who Read More …
This T shirt was produced for the ‘Salt March’ that took place in Durban in 2005. It pays tribute to three non-violent protest movements: the 85th anniversary of the original Salt March led by Mahatma Ghandhi in 1930, instrumental to ending the British Empire in India, and the 50th anniversary of South Africa’s Freedom Charter Read More …
This T shirt was produced to celebrate the first Soweto Marathon that took place in 1993, a politically momentous time in South African history when the apartheid system was ending. This was the first marathon to take place in a township and it has now been running for 27 years. This type of T shirt Read More …
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 …