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The Medu Art Ensemble was formed by South Africa exiles in Gaborone, Botswana, in 1978. The organisation produced a wealth of creative work across all major art-forms; the roup further played a key role in shaping aesthetic and cultural theory and praxis within Africanist and liberation struggles. On June 14 1985, the South African Defence Force attacked the homes of Medu members and other activists in Gaborone, killing 12 people; Medu as an organisation ceased to exist.
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These are minutes of meetings held by the Medu Graphics Unit between October 1982 and May 1984. The meetings included hard discussions about the racial composition of Medu, discussions of content of graphics and posters produced by Medu, and administration discussions over finances, projects, trips, training programmes and the structure of Medu.
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Permission to publish must be obtained from the Medu Art Ensemble Project.