The Memory Programme
About the Memory Programme
Memory resources documenting the life and times of Mr Nelson Mandela are to be found in an extraordinary range of locations, both within South Africa and internationally.
These resources are embedded in various legal and other jurisdictions.
The Memory Programme provides a unique facility which allows people access to this history.
News
Men of Dynamite launched at event in Newtown
March 1, 2010 – Men of Dynamite: Pen Portraits of MK Pioneers was launched at the Sci-Bono Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg, last Wednesday, February 24.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s address at opening of Nelson Mandela exhibitions
February 17, 2010 – Two major exhibitions, Mandela: Character, comrade, leader, prisoner, negotiator, statesman; and Drawing on Madiba by Zapiro, opened at the Iziko Museums’ Slave Lodge in Cape Town on February 10, 2010, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, on February 11, 1990.
Sowetans treated to a documentary at Free at Last Film Festival in commemoration of Nelson Mandela
February 12, 2010 – To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison after 27 years, Maponya Mall, together with Ster Kinekor, hosted Soweto residents, of all ages, as they viewed the documentary, Mandela son of Africa, father of a nation. This documentary covers the life and times of Mr Mandela, from birth to South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, and his life as a president of South Africa.
Featured Web Resource
Funding for the Memory Programme was generously provided by the Flanders Government in cooperation with UNESCO
- Exhibitions, Publications
- Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives, Collections, Mandela Materials, Speeches
- Archival Platform, Nelson Mandela Memory Links, South African Histories
- Bibliography, Biography, Filmography, Names, Photo Essay, Stories from the Archive, Timeline
Recent Publications
Nelson Mandela: The Authorised Comic Book
Nelson Mandela: The Authorised Comic Book tells the story of Nelson Mandela’s birth and childhood, his struggle against apartheid and oppression, his 27 years incarcerated in prison on Robben Island, and his eventual rise as the first democratically elected leader of South Africa.
A Hunger for Freedom: The Story of Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela
A Hunger for Freedom: The Story of Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela tells the story of Nelson Mandela, his family and the struggle for freedom through the meals they shared together, politically contextualised and complete with recipes.