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BOTHA'S EMERGENCY LEGALIZED MURDER

Theme: A State of Emergency


Call Number: 3554
Identifier: AL2446_3554
Title: BOTHA'S EMERGENCY LEGALIZED MURDER
Date: 1985
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Apartheid;
South African Politics;
Government;
Botha;
Description: This poster is silkscreened black and red, produced by the UDF at the CAP, Cape Town. This poster refers to the UDF expressing their opposition to the State of Emergency and the repressive actions of the SAFD troops in the townships. The text reads “BOTHA'S EMERGENCY LEGALIZED MURDER” Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 141 (number 256) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 146 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007.
Creator: Produced by the United Democratic Front (UDF) at the Community Arts Project (CAP)
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 inmdividual postermakers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information.
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