Text: Today many people are learning their real history for the first time.

Year: 1979.

Publisher: Poster-Film Collective.

Artist: Unknown.

Additional information: Poster depicts a man reading to a child. The foreground includes a Kalashnikov rifle, while a map of Africa is positioned in the top right corner. In the bottom right corner, there is a collage of photos illustrating Zimbabwean history.

The text in full:

‘Today many people are learning their real history for the first time … They are finding out that their history began long before the Europeans came … Finding out how the Europeans came to take their wealth … And that they suffer today because of this … They are learning that things can be changed by fighting’.

‘Zimbabwe is the country that the British named Rhodesia when they conquered it. The wealth of Zimbabwe was going to European settlers and foreign businesses. The people of Zimbabwe fought and won a war of national liberation to take back their country. Now they are struggling to take control of their wealth and decide for themselves how it should be used.’

Image captions:

‘Wall of the ancient city of Zimbabwe.

‘Diamond mine in Southern Africa 1870.

‘Black workers carrying tobacco in Zimbabwe.

‘Zimbabwean freedom fighter.’