Article 61KRN Anticolonial hero statue to occupy Trafalgar Square fourth plinth from September

Anticolonial hero statue to occupy Trafalgar Square fourth plinth from September

by
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#61KRN)

Antelope by Samson Kambalu depicts John Chilembwe wearing hat in defiance of colonial rule in Nyasaland, now Malawi

A sculpture of a preacher who was killed in an anticolonialist uprising in what is now Malawi will be unveiled in September on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Antelope by Samson Kambalu is the 14th contemporary artwork to be commissioned for public display in the historic central London square.

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