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An injury to one is an injury to all - Free Oscar Mpetha


Oscar Mpetha (1909-1994) was a South African trade unionist and political activist. He led the Cape ANC from 1958 until it was banned in 1960, was in and out of jail in the 1970's and 1980's and was returned to jail in 1985 as the oldest ever political prisoner in South Africa (at the age of 76)."--Picture This.

Yellow, red, black and white poster. Photograph of Oscar Mpetha behind bars. Artwork of fists raised at top of poster. Artwork of a fist breaking handcuffs at bottom of poster. Text on the lower part of the poster "Stop the Repression of Trade Unionists in South Africa! " ǂc https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/free-oscar-mpetha

Author / Creator Unknown
Format 1 poster : color ; 60 x 42 cm
Publisher South African Congress of Trade Unions
Year [between 1980 and 1989]
Language English
HKBU Library collection Propaganda Art Collection
Work type Poster
https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/k27-292
Library record View the record in HKBU library catalogue
Copyrighted CC BY-NC 4.0

Cite this image as: "An injury to one is an injury to all - Free Oscar Mpetha", in Hong Kong Baptist University Library Art Collections, accessed 03/12/2424, https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/k27-292.

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