African Political Ephemera and Realia Project
University of Oregon
The African Political Ephemera and Realia Project is an online collection of ephemeral material—pamphlets, t-shirts, cloths, posters, to name just a few examples—that documents the material culture of politics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ephemeral political material often does not find its way into institutional collections either because the material is discarded before it draws the attention of collectors, because it is too popular and mass-produced to merit consideration as art, or because it does not fit easily (either physically or intellectually) into the book- and manuscript-based realm of libraries. The African Political Ephemera Project hopes to focus attention on the significance of ephemeral political material as cultural artifacts that document both the political processes and the social and cultural forces at work in Sub-Saharan Africa. The African Political Ephemera and Realia Project is a collaboration between the African Studies Program and the UO Libraries.
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University of Oregon · 1 January 2010
Red, white, blue and black textile with dollar bills and dollar signs all over and surrounded by a border of United States flags. There is also a small box with …
University of Oregon · 1 July 2009
Square cloth divided diagonally into two triangles with the same design in each triangle. In the upper right and lower left coner is a portrait of Obama and Mills with …
University of Oregon · 1 January 2009
Green textile with lines of horizontal blue text that reads \JE DENONCE.\" There are several white circular emblems with the image of a woman holding her right arm in the …
University of Oregon · 6 March 2007
A repeating pattern of the emblem of Ghana runs along the edges of the fabric and frames the repeating portrait of Kwame Nkrumah flanked by Ghanaian flags and palce on …
University of Oregon · 6 March 2007
Cloth with patterned, horizontal stripes of green, yellow, and black. Over the stripes is a repeated pattern of large swags decorated with emblems, flags, and the 50 year logo of …
University of Oregon · 1 January 2007
Green, yellow, red, and black cloth with striped and checked patterned square, with the text \50 GHANA Championing African Excellence\" in English."
University of Oregon · 1 January 2006
White short-sleeve shirt with large image of a black ant and the text \MLC/ AVEC DIEU NOUS VAINCRONS\" in blue."
University of Oregon · 1 January 2006
Campaign poster for Abdoulaye Wade in the 2007 presidential election campaign in Senegal. Wade, the Sopi Coalition candidate (from the Senegalese Democratic Party), is shown in a business suit with …
University of Oregon · 1 January 2006
White t-shirt with a phtograph of Azarias Ruberwa with the text
University of Oregon · 1 January 2006
White t-shirt with an illustration of a dove and the text