Hey everyone, Posting this because I think it deserves more attention than a flyer share. This Saturday, 13 June, the Khotso Seatlholo Institute is hosting Artistic Takeover — Tribute to the Youth of 2076 at Native Rebels in Jabavu, Soweto. Free entry. 12pm to 5pm. Some background for those who don't know the name: Khotso Seatlholo was 19 years old when he served as President of the SSRC — the student body that helped coordinate the 1976 Soweto Uprising. After June 16, he was arrested, tried, and sentenced to 15 years on Robben Island, where he was imprisoned alongside Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. He gave his youth to a cause that changed this country's history, and most people outside South Africa — and many inside it — have never heard his name. His daughter, Tharollo Seatlholo, founded the Khotso Seatlholo Institute to carry that legacy forward — not as nostalgia, but as a living project in African-centred futurism and decolonial education. The event itself looks genuinely interesting: Keynote from filmmaker Mariza Matshaya (Seismic Media) A live graffiti mural being unveiled on the day by two artists Music from Ba ga Ntu MC'd by Buyisiwe Njoko of The Sun-Xa Experiment Photography by Katiso Mabuza The theme is: How do we move from destructive to reconstructive arts to create an African-centred future? — which I think is a genuinely meaty question, especially 50 years after 1976. If you're in Joburg this weekend and care about art, history, or where African culture is headed, this seems like the real thing rather than the performative thing. RSVP (free): khotsoseatlholo.institute Happy to answer questions if anyone has them. And if you've been to a KSI event before, would love to hear what it was like. #TributeToTheYouthOf2076 #ArtisticTakeover #June16 #KhotsoSeatlholo #Azania #1976   submitted by   /u/Reasonable_Focus_792 [link]   [comments]