Transcending History Tours

Transcending History Tours Promoting a deeper consciousness about freedom and democracy With this learning I started building Transcending History Tours (THT) in 2008.

My interest is uncovering stories of people who prided themselves on the richness of their environment, heritage and culture. This knowledge provides me with clarity about my humanity, identity and the mission that defines my world view. I am a !Xam, KHOE women, aboriginal descendant of the first indigenous peoples and later our enslaved fore-bearers on whose backs the phenomenal wealth of this l

and was built. I make no apologies for rejecting the authorised narrative and telling authentic stories which have been untold for centuries as a form of resistance. I worked and studied at Iziko National Museums of Cape Town for 10 years (1998-2008), first at Groot Constantia Museum followed by an internship at the Slave Lodge Museum,

As part of the internship I concluded a mini thesis on Cape Slavery at University of the Western Cape under the guidian-ship of historian Dr Andrew Banks. My studies in museums and heritage at the Robben Island museum gave me the opportunity to engage and work on projects with other countries, in this case - Sweden and Zimbabwe, many museum practitioners who, like ourselves, were challenged to turn colonial collections into African peoples’ museums. Transcending History Tours is essentially a labor of love, that reflects a deeply personal story. It is not a mainstream tour company. We reach behind the veil of shame to draw out inspiring stories of people that crossed borders and mixed their blood centuries ago. Those who transcended dispossession, genocide, slavery and servitude. We emphasise and acknowledge the deep scars of colonialism and apartheid on our lives as Capetonians and South Africans today. By speaking our truth we are starting to heal the inter-generational
trauma of the genocide of the First People and the legacy of the Afro-Asian slave trade to Cape Town. We affirm our cross cultural relationships and inter-connectedness San, Khoi, San, Nguni and enslaved peoples. Part of our work includes addressing the legacy of prejudice between ‘Black’ and ‘Coloured’ people. My work is about creating a deeper consciousness about freedom and democracy which includes dismantling patriarchy and the solidarity of LGBTIQA+ persons.

Os mense. Gangans Evangelina, your daughter, Karen Slater and your son for taking our Healing of Memories tour. And much...
18/01/2025

Os mense. Gangans Evangelina, your daughter, Karen Slater and your son for taking our Healing of Memories tour. And much appreciated van Sitters for your referral. It was soo amazing.💚

Preparing for Centre for Global Education the changed names of our Aboxan Queen Rebecca one of our first enslaved tavern...
15/01/2025

Preparing for Centre for Global Education the changed names of our Aboxan Queen Rebecca one of our first enslaved tavern owner's in Cape Town 17th,18th centuries, and my Mother's surname Kupido, with Groot Katryn from Pulicat, first India female convict accused of murdering her boyfriend exiled to the Cape. We must not forget.🔥

Kaise Gangans Madelief Broecheler from the Netherlands, the Japanese lady and her friends for taking the Healing of Memo...
30/12/2024

Kaise Gangans Madelief Broecheler from the Netherlands, the Japanese lady and her friends for taking the Healing of Memories tour of the city yesterday.🌻

Waiting for my visitors near Leerdam bastian where our ancestors were executed. There is an absence of this Memory there...
29/12/2024

Waiting for my visitors near Leerdam bastian where our ancestors were executed. There is an absence of this Memory there😡

Kaise Gangans Ford Regional Fellowship Southern Africa for taking the Healing of Memories Tour of the city. It was an ho...
15/12/2024

Kaise Gangans Ford Regional Fellowship Southern Africa for taking the Healing of Memories Tour of the city. It was an honour to be in conversation with so many activists artists leaders. All the best on your journey. Much appreciated Mabel Nedelof Sithole.

Preparations for our Healing of Memories tour of the city with Ford Regional Fellowship: Southern African Retreat. Kaise...
14/12/2024

Preparations for our Healing of Memories tour of the city with Ford Regional Fellowship: Southern African Retreat. Kaise Gangans Mabel Sithole Nedelof and @ Mercury Metronome for the referral. Much appreciated💚

Thank you Franziska from Germany and her friend for taking the Healing of Memories Tour of the city. And thank you Yasmi...
02/12/2024

Thank you Franziska from Germany and her friend for taking the Healing of Memories Tour of the city. And thank you Yasmin Rajah for your referral, much appreciated.💚

Waiting for my visitors from Germany....
02/12/2024

Waiting for my visitors from Germany....

A beautiful performance at Gugu S' Thebe Langa with talented dance group Jika Madinga and Thabisa Dinga. Camissa Create ...
01/12/2024

A beautiful performance at Gugu S' Thebe Langa with talented dance group Jika Madinga and Thabisa Dinga. Camissa Create Loved it 💚

Kaise Gangans Ferial Marlie. Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice faculty of Art and Humanities Universit...
22/11/2024

Kaise Gangans Ferial Marlie. Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice faculty of Art and Humanities University of the Western Cape. What an amazing tour. Much appreciated Melissa Britz , Luke De K**k Camissa Create for the beautiful pics💚

17/11/2024
16/11/2024

Exclusionary tendencies are colonial ILGA!!

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....affirmation that we have the agency to tell our own story of our dispossession, and our determination to claim our identity.

Lucy Campbell founder of Transcending History Tours as defined herself as a humanist who actively advocates human rights through cultural tourism and healing of memory in Cape Town, South Africa. She is sensitised to the damage and subsequent trauma associated with a one-sided narrative during the time she spent working at Iziko Museums of Cape Town. Drawing on information collected during her ten years she began to research her ancestry. She later established Transcending History Tours a tour company which takes visitors to museums and sites of memory and reflection. THT offers a fresh, contemporary perspective on the lives of our ancestral Xam Khoe Boesman and Slaves at the Cape. Messages and ancestral stories aim to affirm the contribution that they made to the social, economic, political and cultural life of Cape Town and South Africa.

Transcending History, Healing of Memory Tours of the Mother City

It is not just a tour. This is treading on ancestral ground, healing, light work. It is a true local experience you will never forget.