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Co-curation in Action

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Last week saw the last of two Action for Southern Africa/Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) workshops held at the Bristol Record Office (BRO), with the aim of selecting material from the papers of Bristol AAM… Read More →

Marking Territories?

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Mapping the boundaries of the St Paul’s ‘Apartheid-Free Zone’ Last month, I was pleased to participate, alongside Bristol Action for Southern Africa members, in the first stage of producing the ‘Anti-Apartheid’ layer of… Read More →

Walking and Thinking

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On Sunday 15th July, a handful of us from the ‘On the Move’ team joined members of Bristol ACTSA on their annual ‘Walk for Southern Africa’ on the Mendips. It was a thoroughly… Read More →

Risky Histories

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Writing the history of activism is a risky business, not least when activists themselves are at the forefront of constructing their own historical legacy, recording their experiences not for the sake nostalgia,  but through… Read More →

Bristol’s history of anti-apartheid

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The passing away of Nelson Mandela last week has sparked profound discussion around his place in the history of the campaign against apartheid and ongoing struggles for racial justice. Although some have noted… Read More →