The T-Shirt of the Month for December by multidisciplinary Afro-Indigenous Artivist Renata Doré was inspired by the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the women like Rosa Parks and Claudette Covin whose activism helped bring it about. The boycott led to the desegregation of public transport in Montgomery, Alabama. The design includes the starting and ending date of the boycott and aims to create visibility for Black women through images that value the collective memories of the Afro-diasporic population.
Renata Doré dialogues with the poetics of decolonization through visual and urban arts, cyberactivism, Black theatre and audiovisuals. She focuses on generating visibility for black women through images that value the collective memories of the Afro-diasporic population. She currently studies in Cuba, specialising in TV and New Media.
Proceeds from this month’s design were also shared with Abahlali baseMjondolo, a shack-dwellers’ direct action movement in South Africa.
