Flyer announcing a night of solidarity with South African liberation: Museum Object and Cultural History

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This flyer announces a night of solidarity with South African liberation. [A NIGHT OF SOLIDARITY / WITH THE STRUGGLE IN / SOUTH AFRICA (AZANIAO / HEAR SOUTH AFRICAN BROTHER / JEFF DUMO BAQWA]. Underneath the title an outline of the African continent is drawn. In the center of the outline is text that reads [Unarmed Black demonstrators are being shot down / today in South Africa. Over 500, many of them students, / have been killed by the racist police. Are these simply / "riots" as the press here claim? Or are the African people / fighting for their national liberation from one of the cruelest / regimes in history? And why is the U.S. government aiding / the Nazi-like South African regime? / Come and hear Jeff Dumo Baqwa, a brother just arrived from / southern Africa. In 1974 he escaped from South Africa where he'd / been exiled to a Transkei village for his activities in the South / African Student Organization (SASO). He's now Director of / Projects for the Southern African Student / Movement (SASM). Many members / of SASO have recently been / arrested and some face execution / for fighting the / apartheid regime.] The bottom of the page has the event date and time [Saturday, Nov. 20th 7:00pm / Joan of Arc JHS / 154 W. 93 St. NYC.] The other side of the flyer repeats this information in Spanish.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1976
• Created by: KARABO
• Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977
• Created by: Youth Against War & Fascism, American, founded 1961
• Subject of: Jeffery Dumo Baqwa, South African, 1949 - 2001
• Subject of: South African Student Movement, South African, 1968 - 1976
• Subject of: South African Student Organisation, South African, 1968 - 1977
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (35.9 × 19.4 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.4
• 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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