1978 INTERNATIONAL ANTI-APARTHEID YEAR

Creator

Salsi; Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Educational

Place Created

Geneva, Switzerland

Date

1978

Type of Item

Poster

Description

The poster features a black and white design with three components: three white men in white robes and caps each hold up a black baton, ready to strike three Black children in white T-shirts, with their hands on the ground. Behind the children is a row of three menacing black dogs with their mouths open. The logo of UNESCO appears at the top of the poster. The poster was produced in both French and English by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for International Anti-Apartheid Year which began on March 21, 1978, the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre. International Anti-Apartheid Year was proclaimed in UN General Assembly resolution 32/105B...

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Publisher

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

image/jpeg

This item was digitized by the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands, which made it available to the African Activist Archive.

Collection

International Institute of Social History