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 African and posted throughout the black townships. The Culture and Resistance Festival took place at the University of Botswana and was attend by over 900 people. Political exiles and cultural workers (artists)intermingled and discussed the future cultural environment of South Africa would be created without the extreme censorship of South Africa. The symposium consisted of people reading papers or speaking on panels about literature, visual arts, theater, film, photography, music, and dance. Evening activities included performances of dance, music, poetry, and theater, as well as film showings.
