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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 the minutes of the Medu publication and research unit meetings that were held between 1982 and 1983. P&R was established to manage general administrative matters, and to address issues relating to the structure, layout and publishing of newsletters, the holding of events and the publishing of monographs and books. In 1983 P&R was divided into the Naledi Writers Unit, and the Medu Executive.