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People often say that South African Apartheid was a time of cruelty and hardship. People spent all of their time trying to be free and trying to unchain themselves from apartheid law. Even though it is true apartheid was an awful time and it hurt so many people, it doesn’t mean they stopped living their lives. Examples of this are David Goldblatt’s photography and the Shosholoza anthem. Goldblatt’s photography because he captured the life that people had outside of the pain that apartheid caused. The Shosholoza anthem because it’s true evidence that little things like singing made their lives better. The oppressed people made the best of the situation they were in, and that takes true courage and strength to overcome something restricting and hurtful.

With my timeline and my art pieces, I tried to show that even in this dark time, the oppressed people of South Africa did things to combat the darkness. Some people used events or activities as their light and some people saw other people as their light. This is quite similar to the Civil Rights movement in the US. The oppressed in that time, just like in South Africa, didn’t stop their lives because of segregation.

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This timeline describes a few major apartheid events beginning with what started apartheid through what ended it.

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This poster was made for a march for all women against apartheid, not only colored women. This poster, created by Thamsanqa Mnyele is a small incremental difference in the battle against apartheid law. The poster seems insignificant, but when linked to then larger anti-apartheid movement, then the poster becomes significant. It’s a start small, end big kind-of thing.

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Drum majorette, cup final, Orlando stadium, Soweto

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Drum majorette, cup final, Orlando stadium, Soweto

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David Goldblatt's photograph demonstrates that even though apartheid was the worst thing to happen in many people's lives, that during that time, the oppressed people still held events and they still went on with their lives. He is depicting the side of Soweto that says “we're still here, we are living our lives, and were going to get our rights back”.

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Masingita Ngoveni was the original author of  the song “Shosholoza” meaning “go forward”. It began as a miner's song to make the best they could out of the work that they were given. The miners would sing it on the train to South Africa, in the mines, and back to Zimbabwe. Eventually prisoners started to sing it while doing their work, even Nelson Mandela sung it when he was imprisoned on Robben Island. It became so popular that it is now considered the second national anthem of South Africa.

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Shosholoza - Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Song lyrics in﻿ Info panel), South African Music