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WRSC PRESENTS : JOY : MALOMBO : SPIRITS REJOICE : JESSICA & ROBBIE

Theme: Labour: An injury to one is an injury to all!


Call Number: 244
Identifier: AL2446_0244
Title: WRSC PRESENTS : JOY : MALOMBO : SPIRITS REJOICE : JESSICA & ROBBIE
Date: 1981
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Striking Wilson-Rowntree workers;
East London;
boycott Wilson-Rowntree sweets’ campaign
Description: This poster is silkscreened black, produced by the Wilson-Rowntree Support Committee, Johannesburg. This poster relates to a 1981 Johannesburg concert that was held in support of the striking Wilson-Rowntree workers in East London, as part of the ‘Boycott Wilson-Rowntree sweets’ campaign. The text reads “WRSC PRESENTS : JOY : MALOMBO : SPIRITS REJOICE : JESSICA & ROBBIE” Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 51(number 78) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 69 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007
Creator: Wilson-Rowntree Support Committee (WRSC)
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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