Exhibitions and Events

Workshops and Engagement Activities in Ghana

In the first week of April 2025, Laura Routley, the project Lead, and Victoria Adinorkuor Aryee, Assistant Lecturer at the University of Ghana and Research Assistant for the Afterlives project, have been conducting workshops in Accra, including on-site at Ussher Fort (a former colonial prison linked to the trans-atlantic trade in Ga Mashie), to explore how local communities perceive and engage with this complex heritage site.

Afterlives South Africa Focused Exhibition

Con Hill

The Afterlives exhibition focused on South Africa is being  launched this week in Johannesburg at Constitution Hill,  Number Four Prison, as part of the 7th edition of the Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival, taking place from 21–23 March 2025.

You can read more about it here.

You can also see an online version of the printed exhibition here.

On Saturday 22nd at 2 p.m, Dr. Laura Routley and Yusuf Patel will be giving an introductory talk followed by a discussion on the exhibition.

 

The exhibition is being set up at Constitution Hill, Number Four Prison, 20th March 2025

First Visitors explore the exhibition at Constitution Hill, Number Four Prison, with guided tours and discussions led by Laura Routley and Yusuf Patel

 

Laura Routley and Yusuf Patel participated in a thought-provoking discussion titled "Is South Africa Beyond Colonialism? The Afterlives of Incarceration" at the Graduate School of Architecture, in Johannesburg. The conversation, which also included Dr. Thabang Manyike, Simphiwe Mlambo, Gegê Leme Joseph, and Mxolisi Makhubo (Moderator), critically examined the enduring legacies of colonial carcerality and memory politics across Africa. The panel explored how colonial structures still influence justice, identity, and the lived experiences of Africans today, continuing to reshape our understanding of colonial legacies.

Afterlives Kenya Focused Exhibition

The Afterlives exhibition focused on Kenya will be available as a proper interactive web exhibition on the Museum of British Colonialism in April 2025. In the meantime, you can see an online version of the printed exhibition here.

It will also be presented to Kangubiri and Mweru High Schools in Nyeri County in early May 2025.

The exhibition has been on show at the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) in Nairobi until the end of December 2024.

 

Exhibition Launch at Kapenguria

In October, the Afterlives exhibition was launched at Kapenguria Museum on Kenya’s national Mashujaa (Heroes) Day, which celebrates Kenya’s independence and post-independence heroes.

About 100 school students toured the exhibition as part of the launch event. The exhibition has been donated permanently to Kapenguria Museum.  

From left to right: Students looking at exhibition during launch / A visitor looking at the Prisons, Presidents & Politics panel

Media Coverage of the Afterlives Exhibition Tour in Kenya

The Afterlives Exhibition at the International Conference about Mau Mau Movement at the University of Nairobi, UNC TV, EP12, 17 October 2024

New Exhibition Launched at Kapenguria Museum as Dini Ya Msambwa Faithful Decry Neglect, Kenya News Agency, 20 October 2024