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Antelope Samson Kambalu Sculpture On The Fourth Plinth

Antelope by Samson Kambalu, the latest sculpture to be installed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square on 13th October 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Antelope restages a photograph of Baptist preacher and pan-Africanist John Chilembwe and European missionary John Chorley, taken in 1914 in Nyasayland, now Malawi, at the opening of Chilembwe’s new Baptist church. Chilembwe is wearing a hat, defying the colonial rule that forbade Africans from wearing hats in front of white people, and is almost twice the size of Chorley. By increasing his scale, the artist is elevating Chilembwe and his story, revealing the hidden narratives of underrepresented peoples in the history of the British Empire in Africa, and beyond.

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Mike Kemp
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2022
Antelope by Samson Kambalu, the latest sculpture to be installed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square on 13th October 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Antelope restages a photograph of Baptist preacher and pan-Africanist John Chilembwe and European missionary John Chorley, taken in 1914 in Nyasayland, now Malawi, at the opening of Chilembwe’s new Baptist church. Chilembwe is wearing a hat, defying the colonial rule that forbade Africans from wearing hats in front of white people, and is almost twice the size of Chorley. By increasing his scale, the artist is elevating Chilembwe and his story, revealing the hidden narratives of underrepresented peoples in the history of the British Empire in Africa, and beyond.
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