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Memorial Programme

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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Minutes of Executive Meetings

These are two documents of the meeting minutes for the Medu executive. The discussions are over-arching about finance, equipment and the state of work done by the different Medu units. Also included is a meeting between the Medu executive, Jonas Gwangwa and Dennis Mpale.

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Minutes of General Meetings

General meetings of Medu consisted of all Medu members; they were held ever 3 months. The general meetings addressed policy, Medu orgnisation and election of officials, and issues arising from specific units.

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Minutes of Graphics Unit Meetings

These are minutes of meetings held by the Medu Graphics Unit between October 1982 and May 1984. The meetings included hard discussions about the racial composition of Medu, discussions of content of graphics and posters produced by Medu, and administration discussions over finances, projects, trips, training programmes and the structure of Medu.

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Minutes of Publication and Research Unit Meetings

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.

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Musicians are part of the people

In this paper, Barry Gilder argues that it is impossible for musicians to be separate from the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. He suggests that musicians have two options; to be part of the struggle against Apartheid as "revolutionaries who make music" or as musicians who participate in the "revolution as musicians". Musicians can fight Apartheid through holding benefit concerts, creating their own record labels, organising into a collective musical organisation and boycotting the Apartheid state. These methods of resistance and artistic expression, the author argues, will all contribute to a necessary and genuinely popular and progressive musical culture.

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Neccessity of a National Art for Liberation

Art should be a cognitive process, rather than transfer of skills and technique. In the context of an artistic culture which is afflicted by oppression and exploitation, art must be a process which people can relate to, identify with and be a part of. The article argues that art must teach people, "in the most vivid and imaginative ways ... how to take control of their own experience and observations" and how to link these to a just and free society.

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Newsletter 1979, December, Vol. 1, No. 4

Newsletter has interview section of Mosa Jonas Gwangwa who is a composer, musician and member of Medu Art Ensemble. He is interviewed by Medu project co-ordinator Mongane Serote. Jonas Gwangwa shares his background from his early childhood when his parents arrived at Orlando in 1931. Furthermore, he talks about his musical background that is influenced by his musical family.

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Newsletter 1979, Vol. 1, No. 2

In this newsletter, there are five poetry sections, namely Dead roots, Apology from London by Arthur Nortje, Miles of many fears by Bachana wa Mokwena, A prayer for Africa from the mouths of babies by Mandlenkosi Langa and I surrender by Thele Moema. Other section is the art review of the film by Mongane Serote called 'The wild Geese'. Medu's views on burning current issues in South Africa are included, interview by Bachan wa Mokwena interviewing Teresa Devant de Gonzalez regarding the theatre and the role of an artist in an oppressive system. Lastly, there are featured articles by Molefe Pheto, Phetu Serote and Timothy Williams.

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