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Banner, Edinburgh Anti-Apatheid Group
Binnie, Ronald, 1985, Banner
Banner, Edinburgh Anti-Apatheid Group
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Item no
22487
Title
Banner, Edinburgh Anti-Apatheid Group
Description
Anti-Apatheid banner, white canvas with screen-printed and appliquéd design on one side. Black, green and yellow stripes, the colours of the African National Congress (ANC), and blue, red and green stripes, the colours of the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO).
Screen-printed portrait of Nelson Mandela;
VICTORY TO ANC; VICTORY TO SWAPO;
EDINBURGH ANTI-APARTHEID GROUP.
Artist / maker
Binnie, Ronald
Date
1985
Size
H202cm x W112cm
Type
Banner
Location
The People's Story
Accession number
HH5798/98
The banner was designed by Ronald Binnie and made by Stella MacKinnon, Raine Simmons and Kay Penman. The banner was made in the autumn of 1985 for a day of speakers
and activities organised by Edinburgh Anti-Apartheid Group at the Assembly Rooms. The day took off with a march down the Mound, led by members of the group carrying the banner.
Ronald Binnie, a member of the group, designed the banner was studying at the time, but became a professional illustrator working in Edinburgh. He produced six designs which were voted on at the group meeting, and the most popular was used. The banner was used at different events around the country in the campaign against the apartheid regime in South Africa and Namibia. Nelson Mandela was released from jail in 1990, the year in which Namibia gained independence. In 1994, Mandela was elected the first black president in the first democratic elections held in South Africa.
The Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain
changed its name to ACTSA - Action on Southern Africa-and works as a solidarity movement for Southern Africa.
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