The Ahmed M. Kathrada Collection / [text by] Ahmed M. Kathrad, William Ernest Henley.

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Poster announces an exhibition held October-December 1996 at the Michigan State University Libraries. A portrait photograph of Ahmed Kathadra appears, next to a quote excerpted from Invictus, an 1875 poem by William Ernest Henley. The background is a photocopy of a handwritten letter signed by Ahmed...

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Main Author: Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.)
Corporate Author: Michigan State University. Libraries. Special Collections Division
Other Authors: Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903
Language:English
Published: [East Lansing, Mich.] : Special Collections Division, M.S.U. Libraries, 1996.
Series:Africana posters collection.
Subjects:
Kathrada, A. M. > (Ahmad M.) > Exhibitions > Posters.
Political activists > South Africa > Posters.
Anti-apartheid movements > South Africa > Posters.
South Africa under apartheid.
Genre:
Exhibitions
Posters.
Local Note:
MSU - Part of the Africana Posters Collection of the Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections Library.
Physical Description:1 poster : black and white ; 40 x 27 cm
Format: Poster
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Summary:
Poster announces an exhibition held October-December 1996 at the Michigan State University Libraries. A portrait photograph of Ahmed Kathadra appears, next to a quote excerpted from Invictus, an 1875 poem by William Ernest Henley. The background is a photocopy of a handwritten letter signed by Ahmed Kathadra on 30 September 1967, starting with: "My dear Boetie, I am sorry for the delay in writing." The letter appears in white against a black background, and bears a September 1967 stamp of the Censor Office of the Robben Island prison.
Note:"Under the bludgeonings of chance, my head is bloody, but unbowed."
Call Number:MSS 379-250