UDF Virtual Exhibition
The Nelson Mandela Foundation, together with the South African History Archive (SAHA) launched the UDF Virtual Exhibition in August 2008 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United Democratic Front. The online poster exhibition can be accessed from the South African History Archive (SAHA) website and through the Nelson Mandela Foundation website.
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Online exhibition marks UDF anniversary
Aug 20, 2008 – On this day in 1983, the United Democratic Front was formed to mobilise South Africans in the struggle for a democratic, united, non-racial and non-sexist country.
The UDF drew together hundreds of organisations representing “freedom-loving people” and became a vital link with the banned ANC.
Twenty-five years later, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the South African History Archive (SAHA) have developed a virtual exhibition of struggle art and photographs of that time.
The exhibition uses archival materials to explore the vital role the UDF played in bringing democracy to South Africa, and commemorates the sacrifices made by members of the organisation, which was disbanded on August 20, 1991.
