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| Call Number: |
D03.01.02 |
| Identifier: |
LA366-7-5 |
| Title: |
Poster advertising Sol Plaatje's 1921 visit to New York |
| Date: |
1921 |
| Subject: |
Non-racialism;
Sol Plaatje |
| Description: |
This poster advertised Sol Plaatje's visit to New York in 1921. The poster was provided by the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) for reproduction on page 19 of Julie Frederikse's book 'The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa' originally published by Ravan Press in 1990. The caption reads: "Educated on a German mission station in the Cape Colony, Plaatje was the foremost campaigner against racial segregation of his generation, as author, journalist, linguist and politician". Included in SAHA's online edition of the book and in the virtual exhibition 'Tracing the unbreakable thread: non-racialism in South Africa', courtesy of the UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives |
| Creator: |
Unknown |
| Type: |
Poster |
| Format: |
Jpeg |
| Source: |
UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives |
| Coverage: |
New York, USA |
| Rights: |
Courtesy of UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives |
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