Long March for Freedom

South Africa is a place that has been settled, colonized, and conquered many times over the last 350 years, with waves of people settling and resettling over that time. While equality is still far away, large steps towards it have been made, and here the main figures that made this possible are shown. 

The long march to freedom is an ongoing project that started in 2012 as a nationwide collaboration between artists, scholars, historians, and technicians. The statues were designed and built by different artists, a process that takes over four months for each one. Visitors can get a tour that highlights the most important figures such as the koisan leaders, Zulu kings, presidents, and of course pivotal figures such as Ghandi, Mandela, and even Castro. 

Proceeds from the museum go to designing new statues and funding school visits of underprivileged children, some of whom have never left their townships.