A visit to the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, reveals a powerful exhibit called 'South Africa in the Making'. The exhibit showcases images and narration that highlight the country's journey towards becoming a 'Rainbow Nation'.
This month, I visited the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban , South Africa . It's a stunning arena that was built ahead of FIFA World Cup 2010 and named after an anti-apartheid activist, trade unionist and politician who played a key role in shaping the destiny of South Africa . While touring the stadium I came across an eye-opening exhibit: ' South Africa in the Making'.
This series of powerful images chronicles the making of what South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu termed the 'Rainbow Nation', celebrating the strength the country could derive from its many ethnicities. The exhibit features narration by Mac Maharaj, a freedom fighter and close comrade of Nelson Mandela; they both spent soul-crushing years imprisoned on Robben Island. The first image struck me deeply. It was a 1916 photo of an Afrikaans officer leaning over and grasping the neck of an immobile Namibian chief. This image was publicized with a caption indicating that the officer was giving the chief medical treatment
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