Free Mandela

Birthday card for Nelson Mandela designed by South African artist Hilda Bernstein. The pack included an envelope addressed to Mandela c/o his wife Winnie.

Birthday card for Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday, 18 July 1988, produced by the African National Congress.

Sheffield AAM arranged a special programme of ‘Freedom at 70’ events to mark Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday on 18 July 1988, as well as sending coaches of supporters to the national rally in London on 17 July. Events included a live video screening of the Wembley Mandela tribute concert, a five-a-side football competition and a party on 18 July.

Poster advertising a concert held to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday on 18 July 1988. The concert featured the Zimbabwean group the Bhundu Boys, calypsonian David Rudder and Orchestra Marrabenta from Mozambique. It took place at The Academy, a major rock venue in Brixton, home of one of London’s biggest black communities.

This concert celebrating Nelson Mandela’s 70th birthday on 18 July 1988 featured the Zimbabwean group, the Bhundu Boys, calypsonian David Rudder and Orchestra Marrabenta from Mozambique. It took place at The Academy, a major rock venue in Brixton, home of one of London’s biggest black communities.

The AAM produced T-shirts, badges, caps, mugs and a range of other merchandise for the ‘Nelson Mandela Freedom at 70’ campaign. They were designed to brand the campaign and give it a distinctive image.

Badge produced for the AAM’s ‘Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70’ campaign in 1988.