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Archival descriptionLived in the Struggle Died Our Leader
- ZA MEDU MEDU-2-2.35
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- 1982
Part of 2-MEDU POSTERS
Artists: Judy Seidman
Medu Art Ensemble
Newsletter 1982, Vol. 4, No. 1, Opening the Doors of Culture
- ZA MEDU MEDU-3-3.1-3.1.10
- Subseries
- 1982
Part of 3-MEDU NEWSLETTERS
This edition of the Medu Art Ensemble newsletter contains poetry, articles, book reviews, play reviews and letters. It contains several articles, critical essays and play reviews and seeks to engage in some "hard talking about the position of culture in our society at this time". This "hard talking" is present in a number of critical articles, notably by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and Judy Seidman. Albie Sachs writes a fascinating letter to Medu which reflects on how much of the literary and artistic work is "agonized". His experience of being in exile in Mozambique has led him to believe that artists are trying to "outshout" the oppressor. He sees value for artists in "building up liberated zones" inside themselves and creating images outside of the context of the oppressor. Front page graphic by Thami Mnyele on silkscreen.
Medu Art Ensemble
- ZA MEDU MEDU-3-3.1-3.1.11
- Subseries
- 1982
Part of 3-MEDU NEWSLETTERS
The Medu Festival Edition has been termed as such because it contains some of the best articles, poems and short stories collected in earlier editions. This is Medu's contribution to the Culture and Resistance Festival of 1982. The aim of the festival was to showcase examples of the rich cultural heritage of southern Africa. The display of art and culture aims to challenge the brutal and systemic repression of the cultural life faced by the oppressed in South Africa. This edition contains a range of poetry and short stories each poignantly reflecting on the tumult of the 1980s. The poetry and prose of Mongane Serote, John Donne, Miles Pelo, Mafika Gwala and Mandlenkosi Langa are included. The edition is ended with an interview with Thami Mnyele and graphics from Medu members. Front page graphic a collection of Medu poster arranged by the Medu Art Collective on silkcreen.
Medu Art Ensemble
Original Culture and Resistance Folder
- ZA MEDU MEDU-5-5.1-5.1.1
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- 1982
Original silkscreen printed folder for the Culture and Resistance Symposium/Festival in 1982, Gaborone, Botswana. Artwork by Thami Mnyele.
- ZA MEDU MEDU-5-5.1-5.1.5
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- 1982
Information page given to conference delegates giving details of the rules, meal arrangements, venues and a map of the conference site.
Medu Art Ensemble
Relevance and Commitment: Apprentices of Freedom
- ZA MEDU MEDU-5-5.2-5.2.8
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- 1982
Nadine Gordimer writes this insightful paper on the key concepts of "relevance" and "commitment" in relation to black and white writers. She argues that black writers write from their communities and have daily lives which are embedded within relevant contexts. So too, their commitment to black liberation is innate. She suggests that white writers ought to break out of white value systems and a false consciousness to create relevant art and to openly admit that their experience as being white is of a different order to being black. These are the imperatives which both black and white writers face. The whole aim of art, in its attainment of truth and essence, requires the white writer to attain a true consciousness so that both black and white writers may work for the same end.
Medu Art Ensemble
- ZA MEDU MEDU-5-5.4-5.4.1
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- 1982
This document, composed by the Medu Art Collective, is a political input calling for a cultural boycott against Apartheid. This boycott aims at foreign artistic or cultural groups touring South Africa, boycotting the Apartheid government's cultural events and for progressive organisations to collectively and diligently organise these boycotts against Apartheid.
Medu Art Ensemble