South African activist exposes ongoing injustice through history

Lucy Campbell, a 65-year-old activist-turned-historian with long grey dreadlocks, passionately critiques Cape Town’s colonial past for American students at the Castle of Good Hope, refusing to enter the symbol of violence and dispossession. As a descendant of the Indigenous Khoi people, she highlights the injustices faced by her ancestors, including land dispossession and exploitation by white settlers. Campbell challenges the coloniality of museums, advocating for a decentralization to the Cape Flats where nonwhite communities reside, aiming to address historical erasures and injustices.

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