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White students from the University of the Witwatersrand demonstrating against the killing of Soweto students by police in June 1976

Theme: Then Who Is Our Enemy?


Call Number: D14.01.01
Identifier: SAHA_TUT_p125
Title: White students from the University of the Witwatersrand demonstrating against the killing of Soweto students by police in June 1976
Date: June 1976
Subject: June 16;
Protest;
Students;
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits
Description: This is a black and white photograph of white students from the University of the Witwatersrand demonstrating against the killing of Soweto students by police in June 1976. The students are seen carrying banners with 'krag', the Afrikaans word for power, replaced by the Zulu 'amandla'. This photograph was provided by the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) for reproduction on page 125 of Julie Frederikse's book 'The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa' originally published by Ravan Press in 1990. Included in SAHA's online edition of the book and in the virtual exhibition 'Tracing the unbreakable thread: non-racialism in South Africa', courtesy of the UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives
Creator: Photographer unknown
Type: Photograph
Format: Jpeg
Source: UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives
Coverage: Johannesburg, South Africa
Rights: Courtesy of the UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives
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