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🇿🇦 50 Years Later: Remembering a Defining Moment in South African History

This year marks 50 years since the Soweto Uprising. A pivotal moment that changed the course of South Africa's future.

As we commemorate this important anniversary, the South African Film Festival invites audiences to discover the powerful documentary "Sam Nzima: Journey Through His Lens", which tells the story of the photojournalist whose iconic image brought the tragedy and courage of that day to the world's attention.

🎬 Sam Nzima: Journey Through His Lens (Directed by Nhlanhla Mthethwa)
💻Streaming as part of the SAFF Online Film Festival. Get your Online Pass at www.saff.org.au
📅 Available to view from 26 June

Join us in reflecting on the stories, sacrifices, and resilience that continue to shape South Africa today.

Five films...

For decades, African artists have been working in cloth, weaving, dyeing, and stitching to hold what the archive has lost.

For Guzangs, Ugonna-Ora Owoh writes on nine practitioners whose textile work spans Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, and South Africa. Read the full survey at the link in bio.

Images:
Zohra Opoku, Debie, 2017. Courtesy the artist and Mariane Ibrahim Gallery.

Aboubakar Fofana, Tente moustiquaire, Fleuve Niger, Mali. Photo: François Goudier.

Tuli Mekondjo, Ou Ta Fya, Ou Ta Ti Kala Ko, 2019. Courtesy Guns & Rain.

Abdoulaye Konaté, Source de lumière (Soleil), 2024. Courtesy Efie Gallery.

Igshaan Adams, Ouma, 2016. Courtesy blank projects, Casey Kaplan, and Thomas Dane Gallery.

Otobong Nkanga. Photo: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn. Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

Lebohang Kganye, Beneath the Deep, from Le Sale ka Kgotso, 2025. Courtesy AFRONOVA Gallery.

Modupeola Fadugba. Courtesy Gallery 1957.

Fadekemi Ogunsanya, from A Miracle is a Reasonable Thing to Ask For, 2025. Courtesy Nina Johnson Gallery.