A sculpture entitled 'Antelope' by Malawi-born artist Samson Kambalu, is pictured after being unveiled on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in London on Sept 28. Photo: AFP
Samson Kambalu's post-colonial sculpture Antelope was unveiled on Wednesday as the new sculpture on the empty Fourth Plinth of London's Trafalgar Square.
The bronze resin sculpture features Baptist preacher and educator John Chilembwe, who led an uprising in 1915 against British colonial rule in Nyasaland - now Malawi.
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'Antelope' by Samson Kambalu
A sculpture entitled 'Antelope' by Malawi-born artist Samson Kambalu, is pictured after being unveiled on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in London on Sept 28. Photo: AFP
Samson Kambalu poses for photographers in front of his sculpture 'Antelope' in London. Photo: Reuters
Kambalu's sculpture 'Antelope' is seen after it was unveiled on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, in London. Photo: Reuters
"People present colonialism as a kind of conqueror and victim (story). But actually, it's more complex than that. There are heroes on both sides. There is dignity on both sides," says Kambalu. Photo: AFP
