![]() ![]() Others portrayed in the exhibition, such as John January, Margaret Julie and Cecilia Augustus, didn’t even know that they were descended from slaves.īut Ruben November did, and he is proud of his family’s history. Like Alfred, some of the descendants of slaves knew of their family’s history, but never discussed it. WATCH: Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap suburb fights for its heritage (2:28) “It was not something we ever talked about.” He doesn’t know much about his family and its past, he explained. “My family is not one that takes pictures,” Alfred May told Al Jazeera. One of the descendants had his picture taken for the first time for the exhibition. The two of them attended the opening of the exhibition along with the 11 other descendants of slaves who were featured in the calendar. They should make this a living museum, where the descendants could speak and tell stories of our ancestors,” said 57-year-old Ruben proudly, his son Stephan November at his side. The name was passed down through the generations to Ruben, one of the 12 faces portrayed in a calendar and exhibition currently showing at the Izikio Slave Lodge Museum, in Cape Town, “My Naam is Februarie: Identities Rooted in Slavery”. All other slaves were named in a similar manner. November indicated the month of his arrival. ![]() ![]() Cape Town, South Africa – When Ruben November’s great-great grandfather Zyzer arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, at the beginning of the 19th century, like many other slaves, he was stripped of everything – his clothes, his papers, his identity. ![]()
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