Early  in my youthful years, around the age of 11/12, I often reflected on the imprisonment  of Nelson Mandela, a man who was far-removed from my island Jamaica and who was born in a country which, to my mind, had little to do with the life I lived.  My thoughts centred around why he was being lifelong incarcerated and I fervently wished and prayed for his freedom. Jamaica in the seventies still possessed the remnants of a class and colour hierarchy. This ‘class’ similarity   coupled with Mandela’s perseverance in his fight for justice, equality, and his indomitable spirit birthed the production of the collection Apartheid South Africa. The works have been inspired from dramatic photographic material, reports, documents, and a visit to Roben Island where Mandela was incarcerated. I explored the institutionalisation of apartheid, land ejection, teargassing of demonstrators, bondage of citizens who refused to carry passes, police violence, and exceptionally, mundane facets of life in South Africa. Also included in this collection is Germany’s genocide of the Herero, Nama, and Khoikhoi people of Namibia, in particular the deportation of thousands to the brutal Shark Island Concentration Camp, (also known as Death Island) in Luderitz, Namibia. Under the directorship of German geneticist Eugen Fischer, the imprisoned people were beaten, starved and experimented upon. Over 3000 skulls were sent to Germany for further experimentation. Among Fischer’s students was Joseph Mengele.