Catalogue Number
NMLH.1992.78.7
Object Name
Poster
Title
May Day Rally
Place
Redhill
People
Enoch Dumbutshena
Events
May Day; rally;choirs;plays;folksongs;speeches
Date
around 1960
Description
A poster advertising a May Day Rally at which Enoch Dumbutshena is speaking, around 1960. Black text: "May Day Rally / Colman Institute Redhill / Monday, 2nd May 7.30PM / Chairman: M.SOLOFF, Co-op Party / ENOCH DUMBUTSHENA from AFRICA / Film: "The German Story" (50 mins.) / YOUTH SPEAKER / COMMUNITY SINGING / ANY QUESTIONS / Lucky Number Programme 3d. Admission Free / Published by Redhill, Reigate Trades Council. Printed by S.C Jennings & sons, Ltd, Redhill." Handwritten notes on the poster suggest it might be from the 1960's.
Enoch Dumbutshena was a Zimbabwean nationalist that fought for the freedom of Zimbabwe. He became Zimbabwe's first Black judge in 1980 and served as the first Black Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe from 1984 to 1990. He was also a part of the African National Congress (ANC), the National Democratic Party, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), and the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union during his lifetime.
