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LET US ALL SUPPORT THE FIGHT! : NO TO RESETTLEMENT!

Theme: Medu posters: Images from exile


Call Number: 2617
Identifier: AL2446_2617
Title: LET US ALL SUPPORT THE FIGHT! : NO TO RESETTLEMENT!
Date: 1981
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Medu Art Ensemble;
Resettlement;
SAHA Exhibition Kit
Women;
Removals
Description: This poster is silkscreened in black and red, produced by Thami Mnyele and J Seidman, who based it on a woodcut by Figlan Mpikaypheli of the removals at Soekmakaas. The image shows blacks being forcibly resettled by men with guns. The full text reads: "LET US ALL SUPPORT THE FIGHT! : IN NYANGA, KROMDRAAI, CROSSROADS, SOEKMAKAAR, THE PEOPLE SAY: : NO TO RESETTLEMENT!". Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 10 (number 14) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 73 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007. Additionally this poster can be found in the SAHA Exhibition Kit, under Women.
Creator: Thami Mnyele and J Seidman (Medu Art Ensemble)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image – jpeg
Preservation image – tiff
Source: SAHA Collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright of some materials are held by individual postermakers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information.
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