red location museum

seeking to remember the past in many ways

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Community members are scheduled to share their oral history and even do some live toyi-toyi performances over the next 6 months at Red Location Museum, starting from 21 November 2006.

 

 

VETERAN STORIES - TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS - 10H00 TO 13H00

The 'Archive of Memory' was created to serve as a catalyst and mediator of memory for both the anti - Apartheid veterans of Red Location and the museum visitors. The installation which is a replication of a shack and an environment typical of Red Location is serving as a backdrop to an interactive oral history project which was designed by the Red Location Museum to interrogate collective, cultural and social memory as an embodiment of contemporary Apartheid memorial.

 

Community Veterans Mr Mgqabi, Mr Hina, Mr Thlou, Mr Mzi Weni and Mrs Lilian Diedericks are scheduled to share their very interesting oral history over the next 6 months on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10h00 to 13h00 - with the first session being launched on 21 November 2006.

 

 

LIVE TOYI-TOYI PERFORMANCES - WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS - 10H00 T0 13H00

The 'Struggle and Memory' Exhibition depicts the control of township residents by colonial and apartheid authorities and their resistance to this oppression. Community members were on the forefront in the resistance to apartheid rule, and the exhibitions reflects their culture of resistance through posters, freedom songs, dances, pamphlets and banners.

 

The public will now have a unique opportunity to interact with community members in the Struggle and Memory Exhibition through a series of live toyi-toyi's to be performed on Wednesdays and Fridays between 10h00 to 13h00. The toyi-toyi performers are Mvuleni Grootboom, Givy Qumba, Mary Seti and Nontuthuzelo September who will render their first show on 22 November 2006.

Chronological

"STANLEY Mzukisi stares for long periods at the photographic exhibition chronicling Nelson Mandela‘s fight for freedom, his eyes welling up with tears as he recalls his own personal struggle during apartheid when he was imprisoned after taking part in mass strike action" ...>
 
"Every so often I get asked to lead a project at a school of architecture in the United States. At the start of each studio I ask the following question - How many of you can name at least 6 architects? Naturally every hand in the room goes up. I then ask, how many of them can name one modern day African architect? Not a single digit appears" ...>
 
"The Red Location Museum of the People's Struggle in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth - winner of three international awards - was designed to be both a monument to South Africa's struggle against apartheid and an integral part of community life in a township that acted as a crucible for the struggle" ...>
 
"The internationally acclaimed Red Location Museum will remain an attraction with its own unique charm and influence society as it is different than most museums with a determined intention from its management to use it to alter lives and preserve the good. This is indeed true as the museum will be launching story-telling by Community Veterans tomorrow (21 November). The veterans, Messrs Mgqabi, Hina, Thlou, Mzi Weni and Mrs Diedericks, will be telling their life stories for the next six months on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10:00 and 13:00" ...>
 
"Die verhaal van die Rooi Lokasie buite Port Elizabeth kom van ver af, toe die eerste anti- apartheidsbetoging hier gehou is. Swart mense wie se woongebiede plek moes maak vir wit mense is onder dwang hierheen verskuif" ...>
 
"THE long-awaited Red Location Museum opened last week in New Brighton, as the first stage in a cultural precinct which will also house an art school, library and theatre" ...>
 
"The postgraduate students of the Nelson Mandela University School of Creative Arts (Applied Design), will be showcasing their collective work at the Red Location Museum on the 15th November, at 5.30pm sharp. This prestigious event will be opened by Head of Department, Mr Bruce Cadle and promises to be both a stimulating and lively occasion" ...>
 
"Designed to challenge conventional views on a museum, Red Location Museum is a treasure trove of artefacts and faces associated with the struggle in South ...>
 
"The multi-award winning Red Location Museum near New Brighton in the Eastern Cape has officially been opened to the public. The museum is located in Red Location, one of the oldest townships in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality with a rich history" ...>
 
" 'There will always be those whose contribution to the struggle will be written in golden letters.' These touching words from Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula became even more meaningful when the doors of the Red Location Museum was officially opened to the public, and handwritten letters from Former President Nelson Mandela, which he wrote on Robben Island, were on display" ...>
 
"Pictures - Courtesy of Mike from Max Designs" ...>
 
 
"Struggle veteran Robert Tlou said he was “thrilled that this museum is a" ...>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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