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5/4/2017 Africa at LSE – Photo Blog: South Africa’s Democracy – Mandela’s “Cherished Ideal” http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2014/09/03/photoblogsouthafricasdemocracymandelascherishedideal/ 1/4 Photo Blog: South Africa’s Democracy – Mandela’s “Cherished Ideal” From 1 – 26 September 2014, an exhibition at LSE brings together photos, documents and artefacts that illustrate South Africa’s unique journey into democracy President Nelson Mandela’s cherished ideal. Moeletsi Mbeki, South African author and businessman, and deputy chair of the South African Institute of International Affairs, will give an associated lecture on Tuesday 23 September. It is appropriate to explore the country’s journey in what has been a momentous year of remembrance for the country – 20 years since the first free elections in South Africa were held and 50 years after Mandela and his colleagues were sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia trial. Photo by CHRIS LEDOCHOWSKI Nelson Mandela makes his first speech to the nation from the balcony of the Cape Town City Hall after his release from prison, Western Cape. 1990 Courtesy UCT Libraries Special Collections

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Page 1: P h o t o B l o g : S o u t h A f r i c a ’ s D e m o c ra c y – M a n ...eprints.lse.ac.uk/75460/1/Africa at LSE – Photo Blog_ South Africa... · 5/4/2017 Afr i ca at LSE –

5/4/2017 Africa at LSE – Photo Blog: South Africa’s Democracy – Mandela’s “Cherished Ideal”

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2014/09/03/photo­blog­south­africas­democracy­mandelas­cherished­ideal/ 1/4

Photo Blog: South Africa’s Democracy – Mandela’s “Cherished Ideal”

From  1  –  26  September  2014,  an  exhibition  at  LSE  brings  together  photos,  documents  andartefacts  that  illustrate  South  Africa’s  unique  journey  into  democracy  –  President  NelsonMandela’s cherished ideal.

Moeletsi Mbeki,  South  African  author  and  businessman,  and  deputy  chair  of  the  South  AfricanInstitute of International Affairs, will give an associated lecture on Tuesday 23 September.

It  is  appropriate  to  explore  the  country’s  journey  in  what  has  been  a  momentous  year  ofremembrance for the country – 20 years since the first free elections in South Africa were held and50  years  after Mandela  and  his  colleagues were  sentenced  to  life  imprisonment  at  the Rivoniatrial.

Photo by CHRIS LEDOCHOWSKI Nelson Mandela makes his first speech to the nation from the balcony of the Cape Town City Hallafter his release from prison, Western Cape. 1990 Courtesy UCT Libraries Special Collections

Page 2: P h o t o B l o g : S o u t h A f r i c a ’ s D e m o c ra c y – M a n ...eprints.lse.ac.uk/75460/1/Africa at LSE – Photo Blog_ South Africa... · 5/4/2017 Afr i ca at LSE –

5/4/2017 Africa at LSE – Photo Blog: South Africa’s Democracy – Mandela’s “Cherished Ideal”

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2014/09/03/photo­blog­south­africas­democracy­mandelas­cherished­ideal/ 2/4

Photo by PAUL WEINBERG Sisters reconnect after 20 years of separation as a resultof the apartheid removals, Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape. 1995 Courtesy UCT Libraries Special Collections

 

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5/4/2017 Africa at LSE – Photo Blog: South Africa’s Democracy – Mandela’s “Cherished Ideal”

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2014/09/03/photo­blog­south­africas­democracy­mandelas­cherished­ideal/ 3/4

Photo by JILLIAN EDELSTEIN Dirk Coetzee, the first commander of the special ‘counter­insurgency’unit  at  Vlakplaas,  who  ordered  the  execution  of  multiple  anti­apartheid activists, Pretoria, Gauteng. 1997 Courtesy UCT Libraries Special Collections

 

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5/4/2017 Africa at LSE – Photo Blog: South Africa’s Democracy – Mandela’s “Cherished Ideal”

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2014/09/03/photo­blog­south­africas­democracy­mandelas­cherished­ideal/ 4/4

September 3rd, 2014 | Arts/Culture, International Affairs, Society | 1 Comment

Photo by DAVID GOLDBLATT Remains  of  long­drop  lavatories  at  Frankfort  in  the  former  Ciskei  Bantustan.  Thepeople  of Mgwali  strongly  resisted  their  removal  to  this  resettlement  camp  and  thegovernment  eventually  allowed  them  to  remain  on  their  farms  at  Mgwali.  Thelavatories at Frankfort have been stripped of usable materials by  the  local populaceand all that now remains of the scheme are some 1 500 anatomically shaped holes inthe veld. Frankfort, Eastern Cape. 2006 Courtesy UCT Libraries Special Collections

This exhibition is presented by the Universities of Cape Town, Witwatersrand and Fort Hare andand supported by the South African High Commission.

The exhibition will be held in at Atrium Gallery in the Old Building at LSE from 10am – 8pmMonday to Friday until 26 September 2014.