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Sizwe Bansi is Dead (play) [aka Sizwe Banzi is Dead]
1985
25 in HIGH x 17.75 in WIDE
(63.50 cm HIGH x 45.08 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.859

Right edge has: "Poster: Sindede Onyulo Cshaba n'Sheshed"





Top right corner of poster has logo made of five concentric 3/4 circles, with one full circle, in green. Top of poster has the text: "goethe institut / nairobi / in co-operation with / Julian P. Mungarulire, Sidede Onyulo / present". The middle of the poster has a barbed wire frame with a drawing of a South African pass book and the text: "Sizwe Bansi / Is Dead" inside. The bottom of the poster has the text: "At Goethe- institut On Monday 22nd July 1985 6 P.M. / Mandeleo House Tuesday 23rd July, 1985 6 P.M. / Loita Strreet (misspelled) (line blacked out) / Featuring: Julian P. Mungarulire & Sidede Onyulo / Directed and Produced By: Sidede Onyulo and Vincent Matlou / Entrance: Adults: SHS. 20/- Students: 19/-". This poster uses the original spelling "Sizwe Bansi"; it was later/alternately called "Sizwe Banzi." The play premiered in Capetown, South Africa in 1972. [LMC]
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