Defend SAAWU : an injury to one is an injury to all.
Silkscreen poster shows three men. Two have their fists raised. The other one appears to have a bandage around his head. Title and image is in black and the subtitle is in white.
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| Language: | English |
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[Gaborone, Botswana] :
[Medu Art Ensemble],
[between 1983 and 1984]
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| Series: | Michael and Monica Appleby collection of Medu Art Ensemble posters and Southern African posters and maps.
Africana posters collection. |
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| Local Note: |
MSU: Copy 1 ink fades from brownish black to black and copy 2 fades from black to brownish black from top to bottom. |
| Physical Description: | 1 poster : black and white ; 61 x 43 cm |
| Format: | Poster |
| Summary: |
Silkscreen poster shows three men. Two have their fists raised. The other one appears to have a bandage around his head. Title and image is in black and the subtitle is in white. |
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| Call Number: | MSS 497-2 mapcase |
| Administrative History: |
The South African Allied Workers Union formed in 1979 as an offshoot of the Black Allied Workers Union. http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/black-allied-workers-union-bawu.
The Medu Arts Ensemble was an Anti-Apartheid resistance art movement that operated in Gaborone, Botswana. (Medu is the Pedi word for "roots.") Membership consisted of South African exiles and western sympathizers, and included five artistic units: photography, film and theatre, music, graphic art, and publications and research. The visual arts unit membership consisted of: Thami Mnyele, Miles Pelo, Heinz, Judy Seidman, Gordon Metz, Albio, Theresa Gonzales, Philip Segola, and Lentswe Mokgatle. From 1979-1985, the Medu graphic arts unit produced over fifty anti-Apartheid posters. These posters were smuggled into South Africa and posted throughout the black townships. |