Photos of the Dutch campaigns for the release of Nelson Mandela, 1976-1989. This series of photos is part of a photo gallery on Nelson Mandela.
1. Portrait of Nelson Mandela carried by marchers at a Soweto solidarity demonstration in Amsterdam, August 1976
photo: Hans van den Boogaard
call number: IISH BG B32/257
2. Collecting signatures for the release of Nelson Mandela on Amsterdam’s central Dam square, November 1980
photo: José Melo
call number: IISH BG B32/266
3. Collecting signatures for the release of Nelson Mandela at a market in Amsterdam, November 1980
photo: José Melo
call number: IISH BG B32/671
4. On 26 November 1980 representatives of AABN and Kairos presented 56,000 signatures petitioning for the release of Nelson Mandela to the chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission in The Hague. To the right: Conny Braam (AABN); 2nd from left: ANC president O.R. Tambo
photo: Bert Zijlma
call number: IISH BG B32/669
5. First ‘Mandela Medal’ handed to ANC representative Sindiso Mfenyana (left) by KZA activist Gert de Boer, October 1984
photo: Jan Stegeman
call number: IISH BG B32/367
6. Reverend Allan Boesak from South Africa speaking at a large anti-apartheid demonstration in Amsterdam, 11 June 1988
photo: John Brouwer de Koning
call number: IISH BG B32/294
7. A few of the 150,000 birthday letters sent to Nelson Mandela from the Netherlands on the occasion of his 70th anniversary
photo: Anne Vaillant
call number: IISH BG B32/672
8. New Year’s wish for 1989 from the municipality of Leiden, an active member of Local Authorities Against Apartheid (LOTA)
photo: Roel Rozenburg
call number: IISH BG B32/683
