Two bronze boxes, set up outside the National Gallery in the Company's Garden, have provided a soap-box for a Masai warrior who wants to highlight the abuse of his people's rights in Kenya and the erosion of their ancient culture.
Miyere Miyandazi, who has applied for political asylum in this country, said he had walked to Cape Town from the Masai-Mara area in Kenya, to highlight "a vicious campaign by the Kenyan government to erode the culture of the indigenous Masai".
He said he had decided to stand on the soap boxes outside the gallery because the objective of the boxes "is to provide a platform for democratic expression".
"I left Kenya in August, travelling through several African countries without a passport, to bring to the attention of the world the abuse of the word democracy in Kenya, and that the ancient Masai people don't have a voice."
Miyandazi said his five-month journey had taken him through Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana before reaching South Africa, but it had not been hard.
"As a Masai warrior, you have to realise that one spends much of your time travelling over long distances with your cattle.
"I have come specifically to Cape Town, which is recognised throughout the continent as an international meeting place, to make it known that the Masai are demanding that our culture be respected.
"We have been ruthlessly exploited by tourists
and corrupt government officials who view the Masai as a backward, exotic group."