Chimurenga Day
Chimurenga Day
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- Description
- A poster advertising Chimurenga Day and Sinoia Battle. Chimurenga is a Zimbabwean word meaning "revolutionary struggle." In the 1960s-1970s a war was fought between African nationalist guerillas and the predomininately white Rhodesian government. The war is also known as the Rhodesian Bush War. Sinoia Battle was a small military engagement near the city of Sinoia between the Zimbabwe African Liberation Army and Rhodesian police on April 28, 1966.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Poster
- ID Number
- 1986.1035.047
- catalog number
- 1986.1035.047
- accession number
- 1986.1035
- Credit Line
- Gary D Yanker
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- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Princeton Posters
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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