litnet | Edward Tsumele, Hans Pienaar:
A total of 75 works of art have been removed since the fall of Cecil John Rhodes’s statue at the University of Cape Town, most of them after the Shackville protest by students in February during which paintings from a hostel were burnt. The removals were done for a range of reasons, among which were concern for their safety, insurance, their isolation or the fact that they were close to other more controversial paintings, sites or plaques… Read more
Image: Edward Tsumele