Visual Arts Students Project
The collection comprises works on the following theme: Visualisation of the Africana Section of Special Collections in the Stellenbosch University Library. The works are a result of a second year Visual Communication Design students' project in 2018 in which they were required to inter-react with the Africana collection. Students were required to research or investigate a person or event in South Africa’s history that did not fall into the main canons of South Africa’s history or people/events that had been erased or misrepresented. After researching the person or event they were required to design an imaginative poster or illustration of the event or person that incorporates both image and text. The outcome of the project was a fully designed, produced and hand pulled screen-printed poster that could function as an informative poster/design of a historical figure or event.
Items in this collection are subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for research, academic or non-commercial use is prohibited without prior consent from the copyright holder. Copyright Stellenbosch University.
Recent Submissions
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Muraltia Spinosa
(2018)Description of Artwork Originally inspired by the role of women in the South African scientific community, specifically in the realm of botany, we looked at the work of female botanists. During the early years of science ... -
Beverley Ditsie
(2018)Description of Artwork Beverley Palesa Ditsie was born in Soweto in 1971. Flung into an era where her race was discriminated against and her sexuality wasn’t accepted, she was not afraid to challenge social norms. She was ... -
Nkosi
(2018)Description of Artwork South Africa’s famous child Aids activist, Nkosi Johnson, was born with HIV and died at the age of 12 in 2001. At the time of his death, he was the longest-surviving child born with HIV in the ... -
Strength Is Her
(2018)Description of Artwork The design concept was derived from material found in the special collections section of the Stellenbosch University Library. Three books that were of great influence and use throughout the research ... -
Muriel at Metropolitan
(2018)Description of Artwork Miriam Tlali, the first black woman to publish a novel in South Africa, was the forerunner of South African literature for black women. Born in 1933 and brought up in Sophiatown in Johannesburg, she ... -
Miriam Makeba
(2018)Description of Artwork Miriam Makeba, or ‘Mama Africa’, combined jazz and traditional African song to create her unique sound. Through her work she advocated against apartheid. Makeba was born to a domestic worker and ... -
Voelvry
(2018)Description of Artwork Vir party mense was hy Ralph Rabie, vir ander was hy Johannes Kerkorrel, JK, Johnny, Ralph John, die Bob Dylan van Afrikaanse musiek, die politieke Rock Rebel, die gesig van die Voëlvrybeweging, die ... -
Breytenbach
(2018)Description of Artwork Breyten Breytenbach is an Afrikaans poet, writer, painter and activist. He was born in 1939 in Bonnievale, Western Cape. As a student at the University of Cape Town, he became aware of the racist ... -
Fighting for Freedom
(2018)Description of Artwork Mlungisi Griffiths Mxenge was a member of the African National Congress from the mid-1950s. He obtained an LLB degree and became a well-known civil rights lawyer who defended victims of the apartheid ... -
Keorapetse William Kgositsile
(2018)Description of Artwork Keorapetse Kgositsile, also known as Bra Willie, was an anti-apartheid activist as well as a writer and prolific poet. Born in Johannesburg, he started writing as a hobby and eventually wrote for ... -
Outside is Freedom
(2018)Description of Artwork Tseko Simon Nkoli, generally known as Simon Nkoli, was born on 26 December 1959 in Soweto. Although, growing up, Nkoli excelled at academics and other aspects of school, he had a tough family life ... -
The Stompie Seipei Sage
(2018)Description of Artwork James Seipei was born in 1974. At age 10, he had already made a name for himself as one of South Africa’s youngest political activists against the apartheid system. Known as Stompie Moeketsi or ...
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