Fairlady

LOVED & LOST

- BY CAROLINE PETERSEN PHOTOGRAPH­S BY LIZA VAN DEVENTER

How former residents of District Six are using the arts to commemorat­e what they lost and what they want to reclaim

District Six is a hugely painful subject for many ex-residents, still haunted by the memories of their once close-knit community. One of the ways many remember it is through art: dance, music, writing and theatre – in celebratio­n and remembranc­e of who they were, what they lost and what they want to reclaim.

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