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Farewell at the Hour of Parting. My mother / (all black mothers / whose sons have gone) / you taught me to wait and hope / as you hoped in difficult hours / But life / killed in me that mystic hope / I do not wait now / I am he who is awaited / It is I my Mother / hope is us / your children / gone for a faith that sustains life ... - Antonio Angostinho Neto, President, ... MPLA. In commemoration of the 10th aniversary [sic] of the Angolan armed struggle for independence. (Feb. 1961-1971)
Collection StructurePoster collection > Farewell at the Hour of Parting. My mother / (all black mothers / whose sons have gone) / you taught me to wait and hope / as you hoped in difficult hours / But life / killed in me that mystic hope / I do not wait now / I am he who is awaited / It is I my Mother / hope is us / your children / gone for a faith that sustains life ... - Antonio Angostinho Neto, President, ... MPLA. In commemoration of the 10th aniversary [sic] of the Angolan armed struggle for independence. (Feb. 1961-1971)
Item Title Farewell at the Hour of Parting. My mother / (all black mothers / whose sons have gone) / you taught me to wait and hope / as you hoped in difficult hours / But life / killed in me that mystic hope / I do not wait now / I am he who is awaited / It is I my Mother / hope is us / your children / gone for a faith that sustains life ... - Antonio Angostinho Neto, President, ... MPLA. In commemoration of the 10th aniversary [sic] of the Angolan armed struggle for independence. (Feb. 1961-1971)
Collection TitlePoster collection
Artist Husseini, Kapiassa Nicholas
Issuing Body Motive
Date Created1971-01
Description

Photograph of a woman MPLA soldier, baby in arms, rifle slung over shoulder.

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Country of OriginUnited States
DimensionsOverall: 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
FormatPoster
Medium political posters
Color
color
Hoover IDPoster AO 11
Record NumberXX343.9
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