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The Camissa Museum challenges the colonial and Apartheid narratives of those classified as “Coloured” and explores the true history of the establishment of the port of Cape Town. Ling Shepherd looks at how the museum challenges what we have been taught, and how to always interrogate history.
The Castle of Good Hope is a bastion fort built in 17th century colonial Cape Town. The Camissa museum is hoping to take visitors on a journey through a decolonised history of Cape identities. After three years of planning and decades of work the museum was finally able to complete Phase one of its opening; the launch of the Camissa Museum Online. It showcased a video of the making of the museum and a mini exhibition. This will form part of the introductory stage in place of the physical museum that will be established in stages over the next year at the Castle. The irony of the Camissa museum opening is that it is a four minute walk from the iconic District Six
AMBASSADOR Ruby Marks used the occasion to launch her book on identities, âTell Us Our Story Grandmaâ. In the picture, from left to right, are Dutch consul general Sebastiaan Messerschmidt, ambassador Ruby Marks, Minister Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula and Castle control board chief executive Calvyn Gilfellan. Picture: Mwangi Githahu
Museum offering decolonised history on Cape heritage launched at Castle of Good Hope
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Cape Town - A new museum has opened its doors at the Castle of Good Hope and is hoping to take South Africans on a journey through a decolonised history of Cape identities.
The long-awaited launch of the Camissa Museum and Centre for Restorative Memory followed âdecades of conceptualisation and three years of planningâ.