Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.371.41
Object Name
Badge
Title
Now Azania
Place
South Africa, Africa, Azania
People
Anti-Apartheid Movement
Description
Pin badge, showing a drawing of Africa, with the area around South Africa highlighted in orange. Above reads "Now Azania" - a proposed name for South Africa, which was preferred by many of those fighting against Apartheid and for the freedom of Black South Africans in their country. Azania was also historically used to refer to a region of southern Africa, from as early as the Roman period.
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