Organisation unknown, Breaking the Silence, 1986. Silkscreen poster produced and printed at CAP, Cape Town. Artist: Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro). After the ‘Towards a People’s Culture Arts Festival’ of 1986 was banned by the apartheid regime, cultural activists responded to the clampdown by organising a series of cultural events under the title, ‘Breaking the Silence’. Collection: CHR/UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives

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