27 February 2015

GALLERY: Free / Release Mandela posters

As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison after 27 years on 11 February 1990, we focus on a selection of posters in SAHA's Poster collection (AL2446) with messages ranging from a persistent call for his freedom throughout the eighties to his eventual release from prison, the homecoming rally and the U.S. tour in 1990.

 

Offset litho poster, issued the Sunday Post, 1980. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_1940Offset litho poster, source and date unknown. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_2116Offset litho poster, issued by the Release Mandela Campaign/Committee, 1986. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_2097Offset litho poster, issued by the Nelson Mandela Campaign/Committee, circa 1985. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_0181Offset litho poster, produced by Medu Art Ensemble, date unknown. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_4932Offset litho poster, issued by the Release Mandela Campaign/Committee, 1984. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_1455Silkscreened poster, source and date unknown. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_0960Offset litho poster, issued by the African National Congress, 1990. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_0801

Offset litho poster, issued by Friends of the Pathfinder Mural, New York, 1990. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_4498Offset litho poster, issued by the Swedish Committee for the Release of Nelson Mandela, 1990. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_0817Offset litho poster, issued by the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), June 1990. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_2738Offset litho poster, issued by the African National Congress, circa 1990. Archived as SAHA collection AL2446_0849