Identity area
Reference code
ZA MEDU 7-7.1-7.1.2
Title
Programme
Date(s)
- 2008 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
4 pages
Context area
Name of creator
(1978-1985)
Administrative history
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Programme provides exhibition details on the opening and closing of exhibition. Conference sessions that took place at Hector Pieterson Museum, Johannesburg Art Gallery and Constitutional Court Conference Centre.