By Gene Kannenberg
Selected posters on public health, travel and art from Herskovits Library
Exhibit Poster
As you travel through the cities and countrysides all across Africa, your senses are stimulated in various ways. One unmissable sight along the way: the ubiquitous poster, which was the subject of the Herskovits Library’s Winter 2022 Exhibit.
Posters are used to announce public health initiatives, funerals, religious rallies, elections, and products. They are created by the government, various organizations, and the general public. This extremely cost effective yet viscerally powerful form of communication can serve as an important primary source of information for students and other researchers.
The next time you visit the Herskovits, take a moment to look at the 36 poster recreations now on permanent display around towers 5E and 5S. We hope that they will remind you to explore and make use of our more than 5,000 posters, all of which present diverse voices and potentially valuable information sources for your scholarly work.
To browse our digitized posters visit bit.ly/MJHL-PostersOnline.
Gene Kannenberg, Jr. is the Research & Media Assistant, Herskovits Library