Flyer advertising a talk by Tapson Mawere: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer advertises a program discussing the liberation of Zimbabwe featuring a lecture by Tapson Mawere. The flyer is gold with black text and features an illustration of two fighters with rifles. Text at the top of the flyer reads: [ZIMBABWE LIBERATION]. Pertinent information about the program including the name of the speaker, topic of discussion and date and location information, is typed in larger font: [Tapson Mawere / U.S./BRITISH/SOUTH AFRICAN PLAN / SEPT. 16-Thurs. -7 P.M. / 144 W. 90th Street, Manhattan]. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written in the bottom right corner that reads [1976].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 16, 1976
• Created by: ZANU Solidarity Committee, American
• Subject of: Tapson Mawere, Zimbabwean
• Subject of: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987
• 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: Zimbabwe, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.43
• 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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