we re up here on the mezzanine floor at the moment. but downstairs, the exhibition jumps off from the era of independence. downstairs we have cloth from independence, we have the vanguard designers from independence. we have the photographers, so this idea of self definition through cloth, through fashion, through photography downstairs. so, the historical period is from 1957 to the mid 1990s to coincide with the end of the apartheid era. the story of agency begins in that swell of creativity that was the cultural renaissance. archive: my name is africa. gather round me. gather round my writers, musicians, artists. the 1966 film by william grays of the first world festival of black arts. this groundbreaking event featured over 2,000 writers, artists and performers
you ve got mixologists, as it were, your co creators. have you put the exhibition in sections that tell the story that you want to tell? absolutely. so, the exhibition is split across two floors. we re up here on the mezzanine floor at the moment. downstairs, the exhibition jumps from the era of independence. downstairs we have cloth from independence, we have the vanguard designers from independence. we have photographers, so this idea of self definition through cloth, through fashion, through photography downstairs. so the historical period is from 1957 to the mid 1990s to coincide with the end of the apartheid era. the story of agency begins in that swell of creativity that was the cultural renaissance. archive: my name is africa. gather round me. gather round my writers, musicians, artists. the 1966 film by william grays of the first world festival of black arts.
as it were, your co creators. have you put the exhibition in sections that tell the story that you want to tell? absolutely. so, the exhibition is split across two floors. we re up here on the mezzanine floor at the moment. downstairs, the exhibitionjumps from the era of independence. downstairs we have cloth from independence, we have the vanguard designers from independence. we have photographers, so this idea of self definition through cloth, through fashion, through photography downstairs. so the historical period is from 1957 to the mid 1990s to coincide with the end of the apartheid era. the story of agency begins in that swell of creativity that was the cultural renaissance. archive: my name is africa. gather round me. gather round my writers, musicians, artists. the 1966 film by william grays of the first world
split across two floors. we re up here on the mezzanine floor at the moment. downstairs, the exhibitionjumps from the era of independence. downstairs we have cloth from independence, we have the vanguard designers from independence. we have photographers, so this idea of self definition through cloth, through fashion, through photography downstairs. so the historical period is from 1957 to the mid 1990s to coincide with the end of the apartheid era. the story of agency begins in that swell of creativity that was the cultural renaissance. archive: my name is africa. gather round me. gather round, my writers, musicians, artists. the 1966 film by william grays of the first world festival of black arts. this groundbreaking event featured over 2,000 writers,
in sections that tell the story that you want to tell? absolutely. so, the exhibition is split across two floors. we re up here on the mezzanine floor at the moment. but downstairs, the exhibition jumps off from the era of independence. downstairs we have cloth from independence, we have the vanguard designers from independence. we have the photographers, so this idea of self definition through cloth, through fashion, through photography downstairs. so, the historical period is from 1957 to the mid 1990s to coincide with the end of the apartheid era. the story of agency begins in that swell of creativity that was the cultural renaissance. archive: my name is africa. gather round me. gather round my writers, musicians, artists. the 1966 film by william grays