Identity area
Reference code
ZA AFRAPIX AP5-5-5.1-5.1.4
Title
Scene from a play about the military performed at Wits, as part of the ECC Peace Festival.
Date(s)
- 1985-07 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph, b/w
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
(1982-1992)
Administrative history
Afrapix was a collective agency of amateur and professional photographers who documented Apartheid South Africa through their photographs in the 1980s. At its height there were 20 members, and up to 60 "stringers" which had an affiliation and would do projects for Afrapix.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ARCHIVE (SAHA)
AL2547 - The Original SAHA Photograph Collection
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A performance of a short play by students using fake cardboard guns about the military. It was performed at the End Conscription Campaign conference held at Wits University in July 1985.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Photographer: © Gideon Mendel
Permission to use the photograph for publication has to be obtained from the photographer / AFRAPIX.