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We the youth : TIME-TESTED LEADER OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Theme: Politics: forward to people's power!

Call Number:	1367
Identifier:	AL2446_1367
Title:	We the youth : TIME-TESTED LEADER OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA
Date:	1987
Subject:	Images of Defiance- IOD; South African Youth Congress- SAYCO; African National Congress- ANC president; Oliver Tambo
Description:	This poster is an offset litho in black, red, yellow and green, produced for South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) by Graphic Equalizer, Johannesburg. The poster which includes a picture of Oliver Tambo relates to SAYCO celebrating the 70th birthday of Oliver Tambo, who was the then exiled president of the ANC. The text reads â€œWe the youthâ€. Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 18 (number 20) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition.
Creator:	Graphic Equalizer
Type:	Poster
Format:	Access image - jpg Preservation image â€“ 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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