Africa Media Online partners with Google to tell stories of our history

The Google Cultural Institute is a not-for-profit arm of Google created to preserve and promote cultural, historic, and artistic content. Its past initiatives have included such significant projects as the Google Art Project, the digitisation of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nelson Mandela Archive. The most recent Historic Exhibits initiative showcases a collection of stories of important 20th century events created in part by Africa Media Online. It allows users to use a timeline to refine searches, or browse online stories or by topic.

The Africa Media Online exhibits can be found under the explore tab or on this link. Exhibits include the 1956 Women's Anti-Pass march, the Treason Trial, the Soweto Uprisings, South African Heads of Government, the 1913 Land Act, the first Post-Apartheid elections, Mandela Released, the Sharpeville Massacre and Apartheid signs.

It has been a great privilege to be involved in this initiative to showcase turning points in South African history.

Africa Media Online is an organisation dedicated to enabling African media professionals and media organisations to bring their products to market to compete on an equal footing in the global marketplace.




For more information contact:
Rosanne Larsen
Director of International Sales: Africa Media Online
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Picture Credits: Baileys African History Archive, Cory Library, Graeme Williams, Paul Alberts and Eric Miller