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Title: Lliure Mandela : la lluita continua fora l'apartheid!
Date: 1980/1989
Collection: Leftist Political Posters Collection
Description: Poster shows six young black men protesting with their fists raised above their heads. Calls for the release of Nelson Mandela. Three red and black bands are printed diagonally across that image and show the title information in white letters. Behind the title (on the bands) are images of social life and oppression under apartheid in South Africa. Ink is red and black.

Title: Defend SAAWU : an injury to one is an injury to all
Creator: MEDU Art Ensemble (Gaborone, Botswana)
Date: 1983/1984
Collection: Africana Posters Collection
Description: 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. Ink fades from brownish black to black from top to bottom.

Title: Art toward social development : an exhibition of South African Art
Creator: MEDU Art Ensemble (Gaborone, Botswana)
Date: 1982
Collection: Africana Posters Collection
Description: Lithograph poster shows figure in beret and blindfolded on a tightrope. In his back pocket are a pencil and a paintbrush. Below him are images of a city divided by the tightrope. On the right side are large fenced in houses with pools, cars, and military tanks on the street. On the left are smaller, tightly packed houses with black figures in the streets. In the distance of both sides is a city scape. On the right are tall buildings, and on the left are buildings very close together with...
Show moreLithograph poster shows figure in beret and blindfolded on a tightrope. In his back pocket are a pencil and a paintbrush. Below him are images of a city divided by the tightrope. On the right side are large fenced in houses with pools, cars, and military tanks on the street. On the left are smaller, tightly packed houses with black figures in the streets. In the distance of both sides is a city scape. On the right are tall buildings, and on the left are buildings very close together with smoke stacks. Title and information on the exhibition are below image. Image text are bordered in burgundy.
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Title: Defend SAAWU : an injury to one is an injury to all
Creator: MEDU Art Ensemble (Gaborone, Botswana)
Date: 1983/1984
Collection: Africana Posters Collection
Description: 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. Ink fades from black to brownish black from top to bottom.

Title: Culture and resistance : festival programme
Creator: Mnyele, Thami, 1948-1985
Date: 1982
Collection: Africana Posters Collection
Description: Silkscreen poster shows logo for the Culture and Resistance symposium and festival. Ink is black and red. Subtitle is written in red marker next to the logo. The symposium program and a schedule of events are taped below title and subtitle. Ink on both is in black.

Title: Join us not them : end conscription
Creator: MEDU Art Ensemble (Gaborone, Botswana)
Date: 1983/1985?
Collection: Africana Posters Collection
Description: Silkscreen poster shows a group of people on one side and soldiers on the other. Buildings and trees are in the background. Title on top and subtitle on bottom. All ink is black.

Title: A woman's place is in the struggle
Creator: MEDU Art Ensemble (Gaborone, Botswana)
Date: 1979/1985?
Collection: Africana Posters Collection
Description: Silkscreen poster shows two women holding large signs with SACTU demands listed on them. One woman has her fist raised. Title of poster is in white with background in blue. Women and signs in blue and black ink.

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