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STAY-AWAY : JUNE 16 : S.A. YOUTH DAY

Theme: The Youth take charge: the Soweto Uprising of June 1976


Call Number: 0145
Identifier: AL2446_0145
Title: STAY-AWAY : JUNE 16 : S.A. YOUTH DAY
Date: 1987
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
United Democratic Front - UDF;
African National Congress - ANC;
Congress of South African Trade Unions - COSATU;
Youth;
June 16;
Stayaways;
Pieterson, Hector
Description: This poster is an offset litho in black, red and yellow, produced by the UDF and COSATU, Cape Town. This poster depicts a joint UDF and COSATU stayaway on 16 June, to commemorate the death of Hector Pieterson and others in 1976. The text reads “STAY-AWAY : JUNE 16 : S.A. YOUTH DAY”Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 108 (number 196) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It is also included in the SAHA virtual exhibition - 'The Future is Ours: Commemorating Youth in the Struggle'.
Creator: Produced by the United Democratic Front (UDF), African National Congress (ANC), Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image - jpeg
Preservation image - tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: User restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement.
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