Documenting changing fashion in Africa post-1960
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 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 …