Flier advertising a silde presentation by Ole Gjerstad: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flier advertises a slide presentation by Ole Gjersad program about the MPLA and the Angolan Revolution. The flier is yellow with red text and features a photograph of a MPLA soldier. The title reads: [LIBERATION SUPPORTMOVEMENT Presents / ANGOLA /PEOPLE'S / POWER]. The program features a presentation by Ole Gjersad. The back of the flier features an essay in brown text by Gjerstad called [Media Distorts Events in Angola / Liberation]. The date [1976] is handwritten in the bottom right corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1976
• Created by: Liberation Support Movement, American, 1969 - 1981
• Subject of: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Angolan, founded 1956
• Subject of: Ole Gjerstad, Norwegian
• Subject of: South West Africa People's Organization, Namibian, founded 1960
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Namibia, Africa
• Place depicted: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.65
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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