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STOP SADF AND POLICE BRUTALITY : QUEENSTOWN MASSACRE 17 NOVEMBER 1985 : MEET OUR DEMANDS

Theme: Militarisation & Repression: Siyaya noba kubi


Call Number: 67
Identifier: AL2446_0067
Title: STOP SADF AND POLICE BRUTALITY : QUEENSTOWN MASSACRE 17 NOVEMBER 1985 : MEET OUR DEMANDS
Date: 1985
Subject: Images of Defiance-IOD;
Queenstown;
Northern Cape;
massacres;
anti-apartheid;
activists;
army;
police
Description: This poster is an offset litho in black and red, produced for the Queenstown community at the Screen Training Project (STP), Johannesburg. This image refers to Queenstown, in the Northern Cape, which was the scene of one of many massacres of anti-apartheid activists in a confrontation with the army and police. The text reads: “STOP SADF AND POLICE BRUTALITY : QUEENSTOWN MASSACRE 17 NOVEMBER 1985 : MEET OUR DEMANDS” on page 146 (number 266) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 144 and 149 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007.
Creator: Queenstown community at the Screen Training Project (STP)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image - jpg
Preservation image - tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright of some material is held by individual poster makers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information
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