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REMEMBER ... SHARPEVILLE REMEMBER ... UITENHAGE MARCH 21 1960 1985 REMEMBER ... THE SHARPEVILLE SIX THEY WILL NOT HANG : FORWARD TO PEOPLES' POWER!

Theme: Militarisation & Repression: Siyaya noba kubi


Call Number: 1470
Identifier: AL2446_1470
Title: REMEMBER ... SHARPEVILLE REMEMBER ... UITENHAGE MARCH 21 1960 1985 REMEMBER ... THE SHARPEVILLE SIX THEY WILL NOT HANG : FORWARD TO PEOPLES' POWER!
Date: 1985
Subject: Images of Defiance-IOD;
United Democratic Front (UDF);
Sharpeville massacre;
Uitenhage massacre;
21 March;
25 years
Description: This poster is an offset litho in black and red, produced for the United Democratic Front (UDF) by the Screen Training Project (STP), Johannesburg. This poster refers to the massacres in Sharpeville and Uitenhage which both took place on 21 March, although 25 years apart. The text reads: “REMEMBER ... SHARPEVILLE REMEMBER ... UITENHAGE MARCH 21 1960 1985 REMEMBER ... THE SHARPEVILLE SIX THEY WILL NOT HANG : FORWARD TO PEOPLES' POWER!” on page 147 (number 267) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 148 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007.
Creator: Screen Training Project (STP) for the United Democratic Front (UDF)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image - jpg
Preservation image - tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright of some material is held by individual poster makers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information
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