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Bodies, Buildings, and Borders Navigating the Divided Nation through Contemporary South African and Palestinian Art Practice Rachel Baasch his paper navigates the phenomenon of the racism, neo-liberalism, and empire” (Clarno 2015: 9). In a collec- divided nation through the work of contem- tion of essays written by academics from Africa and the diaspora porary South African artists ando Mama, titled Apartheid Israel: e Politics of an Analogy, Andy Clarno Sikhumbuzo Makandula, and Ndikhumbule (2015: 9) conrms that since the WCAR conference, “activists Ngqinambi. I position the work of these art- and scholars have increasingly turned to South Africa to make Tists practicing in a post-apartheid nation-state sense of current conditions in Israel/Palestine.” ere are cer- alongside the work of contemporary Palestinian artists Larissa tainly elements of contemporary Palestinian history that mirror Sansour and Khaled Jarrar, who respond to the ongoing strug- South Africa’s recent history and thus lessons to be learned and gle of the stateless Palestinian nation divided by colonialism and strategies to be adopted. is said, if a comparison between these Israeli apartheid. Each of these artists critiques the construction two national histories is to be genuinely useful, it is important to of the modern nation-state using symbols such as the national consider the “limitations of liberation” in post-apartheid South ag, the national anthem, the passport and postage stamp, and Africa (Clarno 2015: 9). ese limitations are not unique to the physical walls and buildings. Underp