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MASS FOR DETAINEES : "I was in prison and you came to see me"

Theme: Community: Azikhwelwa


Call Number: 1853
Identifier: AL2446_1853
Title: MASS FOR DETAINEES : "I was in prison and you came to see me"
Date: 1986
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
churches;
detention;
mass;
Description: This poster is an offset litho in black and yellow, produced by the Catholic Diocese of Johannesburg. This poster advertised mass for detainees, which was led by the Catholic Diocese of Johannesburg. The text reads “MASS FOR DETAINEES : "I was in prison and you came to see me"”Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 101 (number 189) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 187 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007.
Creator: Produced by the Catholic Diocese of Johannesburg
Type: Poster
Format: Access copy - jpeg;
Offset litho; black and yellow
Source: SAHA Collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for Use Restrictions
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