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The people shall govern! : MEDU Art Ensemble and the anti-apartheid poster 1979-1985 /

Formed in the late 1970s, Medu Art Ensemble forcefully articulated a call to end the apartheid system's racial segregation and violent injustice through posters that combined revolutionary imagery with bold slogans. Advocating for decolonization and majority (nonwhite) rule in South Africa and...

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Other Authors:	Byrd, Antawan I. (Editor, Contributor), Mings, Felicia, 1985- (Editor, Contributor), Serote, Mongane Wally, 1944- (Contributor), Gule, Khwezi (Contributor), Jamal, Ashraf (Contributor), Siebrits, Warren (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, IL : Art Institute of Chicago, [2020]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	MEDU Art Ensemble (Gaborone, Botswana) > Exhibitions. MEDU Art Ensemble (Gaborone, Botswana) Posters > Africa > Exhibitions. Anti-apartheid movements > Exhibitions. Anti-apartheid movements. Posters. Africa. Exhibition catalogs.

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