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December 16 to 26 ; Xmas against the Emergency!

Theme: Militarisation & Repression: Siyaya noba kubi


Call Number: 0162
Identifier: AL2446_0162
Title: December 16 to 26 ; Xmas against the Emergency!
Date: 1987
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
United Democratic Front - UDF;
Women;
State of Emergency;
Federation of South African Women- FEDSAW;
UDF Campaign for National United Action, 1987;
Description: This poster is an offset litho in black, produced by the UDF for the Campaign for National United Action, Johannesburg. This poster called to use Christmas as a time to protest against the State of Emergency and the detention of thousands of children.The text reads: "December 16 to 26 ; Xmas against the Emergency!". Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 140 (number 253) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It has also been included in the SAHA Exhibition Kit - Women.
Creator: Produced by the United Democratic Front (UDF) for Campaign for National United Action
Type: Poster
Format: Access image – jpeg
Preservation image – tiff
Source: SAHA Collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright of some materials are held by individual postermakers/organisations. Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for more information.
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