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- 1984 (Creation)
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10 pages
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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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Memorial service of Jenny and her daughter Katryn Schoon (6 years old) was held on the 8 July 1984 at Anglican Church. They were killed by a parcel bomb in Angola, six months after they fled Botswana due to attempted attack on their home in December 1983. They were murdered on the 28 June 1984. Programme has key note speakers, hymns, South African Anthem and Botswana National Anthem.
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Permission to publish must be obtained from the Medu Art Ensemble Project.
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Programme was designed by Thami Mnyele and Judy Seidman.