Solidarity with liberation struggles in southern Africa
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1976
"Solidarity with liberation struggles in southern Africa" is a protest poster produced on paper around 1976. Created in London, United Kingdom, it was designed by SWAPO at The Poster Collective. The work was conceived as a political campaign piece directed against the Apartheid regime.
The poster features a colour screenprint photomontage combined with text. The visual composition integrates photographic imagery printed in warm orange, black, and white tones, presenting various scenes and figures associated with the anti-Apartheid and liberation movements. A central framed image depicting people in motion is set amidst a collage of multiple photographic panels and textual passages. Bold lettering positioned at the lower left explicitly reads the title, "solidarity with liberation struggles in southern africa".
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The poster was designed as a protest and campaigning tool directed against the Apartheid regime, created in London around 1976 through a collaboration involving SWAPO and The Poster Collective.
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- The Poster Collective
- Place recorded
- London
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Solidarity with liberation struggles in southern Africa
- Museum object number
- E.239-2004
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.