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STOP THE CALL-UP

Theme: Militarisation & Repression: Siyaya noba kubi


Call Number: 1452
Identifier: AL2446_1452
Title: STOP THE CALL-UP
Date: 1984
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Conscription;
End Conscription Campaign - ECC;
Military;
Youth
Description: This poster is an offset litho in black,blue and orange, produced by the ECC, Cape Town. This poster depicts a sinister figure masked with the colours of the South African flag. This image symbolises what the ECC fought against. The text reads: "STOP THE CALL-UP". This poster was digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 129 (number 228) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 138 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007, as well as the SAHA virtual exhibition - 'The Future is Ours: Commemorating Youth in the Struggle'.
Creator: Produced by the End Conscription Campaign (ECC)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image - jpeg
Preservation image - tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
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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