po150. Mandela birthday concert

po150. Mandela birthday concert

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.

Category: Posters
Author: London Borough of Lambeth and Academy Theatre
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 2512/9/56
Date/Year: 1988