Advocating for Justice & Healing
The 2008 and on-going xenophobic violence in South Africa has left thousands of people displaced and humiliated. Many families have lost loved ones; most often the breadwinner in their family.
Those who have lost their lives in the most brutal and unjust way are too quickly forgotten. We exist to ensure they are remembered.
Almost no one – including the government – has done anything to significantly acknowledge or apologise to the families. There is also not enough being done to tackle the root causes of this violence in the communities where this phenomenon occurs.
AFRIKA AWAKE was formed in 2013 to work on the issue. We are made up of individuals who have been actively involved in documenting, exposing and assisting those affected by this violence since 2008.
