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| Call Number: |
1556 |
| Identifier: |
AL2446_1556 |
| Title: |
DECEMBER 16 : HEROES-DAY |
| Date: |
1983 |
| Subject: |
Images of Defiance- IOD;
Armed struggle;
December 16;
Medu Art Ensemble;
Thami Mnyele |
| Description: |
This poster is an offset litho in black and red, produced by Thami Mnyele of the Medu Art Ensemble in 1983. This Heroes Day poster shows a soldier carrying a gun, reaching out to a young child and older man. The text, which refers to one of Oliver Tambo's speeches reads: "let us arm ourselves with the fearlessness of Shaka; the vision and endurance of Moshoeshoe; the dedication and farsightedness of Sol Plaatje, the military initiative and guerilla tactics of Maqoma..." The text reads:"DECEMBER 16 : HEROES - DAY." Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 11 (number 16) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 74 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007. This poster is also included in the SAHA online repository 'Tracing the unbreakable thread: non-racialism in South Africa today'. |
| Creator: |
Thami Mnyele (Medu Art Ensemble) |
| Type: |
Poster |
| Format: |
Access image – jpeg
Preservation image – tiff
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| Source: |
SAHA collection AL2446 |
| Language: |
English |
| Coverage: |
Zimbabwe |
| 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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