Catalogue Number
TEMP.2025.5
Object Name
poster
Title
'Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute'
Place
Wembley, London, UK, South Africa
People
Nelson Mandela, Artists Against Apartheid, Anti-Apartheid Movement, Billy Connolly, Whoopi Goldberg, Harry Belafonte
Description
Mainly black text on white background with zig zag motif in black and red down each side. The poster advertises the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, London, 11 Jun 1988, listing all of the artists performing.
This concert at London's Wembley Stadium, organised by Jerry Dammers, author of the popular anthem Free Nelson Mandela, was a high point of the anti-apartheid movement. It was hosted by comedians Billy Connolly and Whoopi Goldberg, and the activist singer Harry Belafonte.
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