LONG MARCH TO FREEDOM
100 AMAZING ARTWORKS – ONE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Nelson Mandela
1918 – 2013
South Africa‘s first democratically elected President, President of …
Oliver Reginald Tambo
1917 – 1993
Co-founder of the ANC Youth League, Secretary General and Deputy Presi…
Adelaide Tambo
1929 – 2007
Activist, Nurse, Branch chair of the African National Congress (ANC), …
Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu
1912 – 2003
Founder member and first Secretary of the ANC Youth League, Secretary …
Albertina Sisulu
1918 – 2011
Nurse, Member of the African National Congress Women’s League, Execu…
Fidel Castro
1926 – 2016
President of Cuba (1976—2008) , Leader of the 1958 Cuban Revolution,…
Ruth Mompati
1925 – 2015
uMhonto weSizwe Cadre, Teacher, Co-Founder of the Federation of South …
Basil D Oliveira
1928 – 2011
First non-White South African to play English County Cricket, Celebrat…
Bertha Gxowa
1934 – 2010
Trade Unionist, Anti-Pass Law campaigner, Co-founder of the Federation…
Helen Suzman
1917 – 2009
Founding Member of the Progressive Party, Human Rights Activist, Econo…
Miriam Makeba
1932 – 2008
Singer and Activist, Grammy award winner, United Nations (UN) Represen…
Ray Alexander Simons
1913 – 2004
Trade Unionist, Member of the Central Committee of the SACP, Founding …
Beyers Naude
1915 – 2004
General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches , Theologia…
Steve Tshwete
1938 – 2002
Commissar of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), National Organiser and National Ex…
Govan Mbeki
1910 – 2001
Robben Island Prisoner (1964¬—1989), Teacher, Journalist, Member of…
Julius Nyerere
1922 – 1999
Founding Father of Tanzania (1964), Revolutionary, Pan-Africanist, Fir…
Archbishop Trevor Huddleston
1913 – 1998
Anglican Archbishop, President of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement,…
Dorothy Nyembe
1932 – 1998
President of the ANC Women’s League (1959), Member of the African Na…
Frances Baard
1908 – 1997
Trade Unionist, Founding member of the Federation of South African Wom…
Joe Slovo
1926 – 1995
Chief of Staff of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) (1985—1987), Lawyer, Foundin…
Chris Hani
1942 – 1993
Deputy Commander and Commissar of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), General Secre…
Rahima Moosa
1922 – 1993
Co-leader of the 1956 Women’s March, Union Activist, Member of the T…
Helen Joseph
1905 – 1992
Founding Member of the South African Congress of Democrats, Founding m…
Alan Paton
1903 – 1988
President of the Liberal Party, Author, Activist, School Principal, Re…
Olof Palme
1927 – 1986
PRIME MINISTER OF SWEDEN, International Anti-Apartheid leader
Samora Machel
1933 – 1986
Founder and First President of the People’s Republic of Mozambique (…
Annie Silinga
1910 – 1984
Founding Executive Committee Member of the Federation of South African…
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
1909 – 1983
Medical Doctor, founding member of the Non-European United Front, Vice…
Ruth First
1925 – 1982
Investigative Journalist, Editor and Academic, Activist, Member of the…
Griffiths Mxenge
1935 – 1981
Human Rights Attorney, Member of the African National Congress (ANC) a…
Bertha Mkhize
1889 – 1981
President of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) (1…
Lilian Ngoyi
1911 – 1980
President of the African National Congress Women’s League, President…
Josesphine Josie Mpama
1903 – 1979
Branch Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa, President of …
Solomon Mahlangu
1956 – 1979
uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Cadre, Youth Activist
Duma Nokwe
1927 – 1978
10th Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) (1958—…
Steve Biko
1946 – 1977
Co-Founder and President of the South African Students Organisation, C…
Jack Hodgson
1910 – 1977
Founder member of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), Co-founder of the Springbok L…
Bram Fischer
1908 – 1975
Afrikaner Revolutionary, Lawyer, South African Communist Party (SACP) …
Haile Selassie
1892 – 1975
Ethiopia’s Regent and Emperor, Chairperson of the Organisation of Af…
Reverend Zaccheus Mahabane
1881 – 1971
3rd and 6th President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) (…
Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews
1901 – 1968
First graduate of the University of Fort Hare, Professor in Anthropolo…
Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
1898 – 1967
President General of the ANC, Chief of the Abasemakholweni Zulu, Afric…
Zainunnisa Cissie Gool
1897 – 1963
First President of the National Liberation League, Cape Town City Coun…
Alfred Xuma
1893 – 1962
PRESIDENT-GENERAL OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) (1940–1949)…
Ida Fiye Mntwana
1903 – 1960
Second President of the African National Congress Women’s League, Fi…
Pixley Ka Isaka Seme
1881 – 1951
First Treasurer General of the South African Native National Congress,…
Clements Kadalie
1896 – 1951
Founder and National Secretary of the Industrial Commercial Workers Un…
Sefako Makgatho
1861 – 1951
2nd President-General of the South African Native National Congress (S…
Richard Victor Selope Thema
1886 – 1950
Acting Secretary General of the South African Native National Congress…
Mohandas Gandhi
1869 – 1948
Founder of Satyagraha, Lawyer, Pacifist
Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
1914 – 1947
Founding President of the African National Congress Youth League
John Langalibalele Dube
1871 – 1946
First President General of the South African Native National Congress
Josiah Gumede
1867 – 1946
4th President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) (1927—1…
Thomas Mtobi Mapikela
1869 – 1945
Founder member and speaker of the South African Native National Congre…
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman
1872 – 1940
Doctor, President of the African People’s Organization, Life-long me…
Charlotte Manye Maxeke
1874 – 1939
First African woman from South Africa to receive a university degree, …
Chief Kgalusi Leboho Maleboho
1844 – 1939
Chief of the Bahananwa, Besieged prisoner of the Boers
Walter Benson Rubusana
1858 – 1936
Newspaper Editor, Founder of the South African Native Convention, Diar…
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
1876 – 1932
Author, Journalist, Founding member of the South African Native Nation…
Harriette Emily Colenso
1847 – 1932
Opponent of British colonialism in Natal, First woman to give testimon…
Alfred Mangena
1879 – 1924
Founding Member and one of four Deputy Presidents of the South African…
Queen Labotsibeni Mdluli
1856 – 1925
Queen Mother and Queen Regent of Swaziland
Hadji Ojer Ally
1853 – 1922
First Chairperson of the Coloured People’s Association, First Presid…
Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner
1855 – 1920
Socialist writer and author of some of the earliest feminist works of …
Saul Msane
1856 – 1919
Member of the 1914 delegation to Britain opposing the 1913 Natives’ La…
Dinuzulu Ka Cetshwayo
1868 – 1913
Head of the Zulu Royal House
Bhambatha Ka Mancinza
1865 – 1906
Chief of the amaZondi clan, Leader of the Anti-Poll Tax rebellion that…
King Nyabela
1825 – 1902
Regent King of the Ndzundza-Ndebele
Chief Dalasile
1820 – 1895
Chief of amaQwathi of Ngcobo
King Makhado Ramabulana
1825 – 1895
King of the Vhavenda
Langalibalele
1818 – 1889
King of the amaHlubi
Cetshwayo Ka Mpande
1826 – 1884
The Last King of the Independent Zulu Kingdom
King Makhado Ramabulana
1825 – 1895
King of the Vhavenda
Langalibalele
1818 – 1889
King of the amaHlubi
Cetshwayo Ka Mpande
1826 – 1884
The Last King of the Independent Zulu Kingdom