09 August 2017

POSTER GALLERY: National Womens Day

Dorothy Nyembe at a meeting taken by Myron Peters, date unknown. AL2547_17.8.18 Our Mother Ma Sisulu

 

 

In South Africa we celebrate Women’s Day on August 9th. This is in commemoration of the women who marched against pass laws in South Africa requiring all African persons to carry documents permitting entrance into white-only areas. National Women’s Day commemorates the strength and bravery of these women and those who followed. The posters below are visual reminders that women had to fight for their rights. 

 

 

 

AL2446_0782 TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF ME I'M A WORKER, NOT A TOY! : A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE STRUGGLE  WELCOME DOROTHY NYEMBE : Women of South Africa are proud of you : March 1984 This poster is silkscreened black and green, produced at STP for FEDSAW. This poster features a drawing of activist, Dorothy Nyembe, who was released from prison after a 15-year sentence.  AL2446_1186 WOMEN UNITE AGAINST APARTHEID : INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY MARCH 8

 

WOMEN ARISE: ORGANISE, UNITE FOR PEOPLE'S POWER!   FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN : Western Cape Region Launched on 29 August 1987 FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN : Western Cape Region Launched on 29 August 1987   AL2446_2088 A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE STRUGGLE : WOMEN OF THE WORLD UNITE : INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY: MARCH 8

AL2446_2606 HAMBA KAHLE COMRADE BABA TOLENI NO LIBERATION WITHOUT WOMEN   AL2446_2549 TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS : NO APARTHEID WAR   AL2446_2618 NOW YOU HAVE TOUCHED THE WOMEN YOU HAVE STRUCK A ROCK:YOU HAVE DISLODGED A BOULDER;YOU WILL BE CRUSHED.

 

For more information on the role of women during the struggle against apartheid visit the SAHA Virtual Exhibition on Women

See inventory for the SAHA Poster collection (AL2446)

AL2446_1536 Hamba Kahle Comrade Jabu : The Struggle for Peace Continues : Umzabalazo Woxolo Uyaqubheka