The black writer holds a key position in liberating South Africa. Richard Rive believes that black writers personalise individual experience and that this plays a role in showing what society was, what it is and what it is heading towards. Rive argues that black writers owe allegiance to their own writing, their society and to their humanity.

What is a progressive song? In this paper entitled "Song and Struggle", Muff Andersson argues that musicians (primarily lyrical musicians) should write songs that "keep the cogs of the struggle moving on". This can be done through writing progressive songs or ensuring that a communities' consciousness is reflected in a song and its ideas.

This speech given by Thami Mnyele entitled "Observations of the State if the Contemporary Visual Arts in South Africa" was presented at Amsterdam conference in December 1982. Mnyele gives his impression of the state of the graphic art in South Africa. He explains how he got involved in politics while he was a student and how he wanted to understand his role as an Artist in the struggle. Mnyele contends that struggle and strife that manifests in the arts is linked to broader socio-political issues and thus, any art that is produced must not be "blind" to the "social stream from which art feeds: the community".

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.

Pamphlet of Thami Mnyele and Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective at Johannesburg Art Gallery. It covers topics about Thami Mnyele's biography, various Units of Medu which includes the relevance and commitment of Medu that provided training workshops in a range of arts skills including creative writing, theatre, music, photography, film and graphic art. Medu had The Graphics Unit which was responsible for producing Medu newsletters and posters with political messages. in addition, the Publication and Research Unit as a centre of Medu to contact with South African arts groups.