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Letters spelling out 'Africa' in the shape of an arrow, breaking through five layers of barbed wire.

AFRICA - INTERNATIONAL WEEK OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLES OF AFRICA (May 22-28)Gladys Acosta ÁvilaCommissioned by OSPAAAL (Organization of Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America)1970

Between the 1960s and 1990s, more than fifty designers worked at OSPAAAL (the Organisation of Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia and Latin America). Based in Cuba, they made magazines and posters that were sent around the world. Their aim was to promote radical political ideas. Many of their posters celebrate socialist revolutions and liberation movements from the Global South.

This poster was issued in support of independent African nations and liberation movements, coinciding with Africa Liberation Day.