2010.54.10705

• international solidarity

Poster printed on green paper has red and black images and black text. Image at top of poster shows one man prominently in traditional African clothing. A smaller man, also in traditional clothing, to the right of the main figure is lunging forward with his right foot in toward the center of the poster, holding a knife in his right hand and a spear in his left. At the left of the image are two women, one with a basket on her head and both in dresses. A series of horizontal red lines make up the top section of the border. Diagonal stripes with dots and semi-circles form the left border. Crosses, masks, diamonds, triangles, and dots make up the bottom border. Below the image is a poem about Africa - "Africa: land of the modern man of ancient wisdoms; moving in a world of chaos, fear and hatred. fear, of the raw power of the moving giant hatred of the people who have no hate chaos from without not within. Africa: growing in thought expanding in size bulging with potential...center of the world land of beginnings but not of ends contradictions of fields of motions moving in and out alive, strong...swaying never bending your blood runds...in me, them, in us throughout this world. Africa: land of a million and one shades, shapes, hues thoughts...you are the future forever modern Forever New". The content of the poster is enclosed in a black border.