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John Chilembwe: a new statue celebrates Malawi Pan-Africanist the world forgot

Samson Kambalu is a Malawian conceptual artist, writer and academic, whose sculpture Antelope was installed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London in September 2022. The Fourth Plinth was originally designed for a large scale equestrian statue of a British monarch but is now reserved for a contemporary…

The Conversation · Jan 12, 2023

Controversy After Statue Of US Trained Preacher Unveiled In London

Malawian Rebel And US Trained Preacher Immortalized In London Statue

Zenger · Dec 3, 2022

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022

Trafalgar Square fourth plinth: Statue of Malawi’s John Chilembwe unveiled

A larger-than-life sculpture of an anticolonial hero has been unveiled as the newest artwork on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth.

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2022

Stormy American realism, antique AI and nonsense-free Lear – the week in art

Winslow Homer’s high drama arrives in Britain, an anticolonial hero takes his rightful place on the fourth plinth and some new Warholia surfaces – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022

Anticolonial hero statue to occupy Trafalgar Square fourth plinth from September

Antelope by Samson Kambalu depicts John Chilembwe wearing hat in defiance of colonial rule in Nyasaland, now Malawi

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022