Smash Bantu Education
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Not on view at present
Where is “Smash Bantu Education” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
The 1953 Bantu Education Act placed the education of black students under the jurisdiction of the apartheid government. The act exacerbated the conditions of apartheid by limiting state funding to schools that accepted the substandard curriculum of the newly established Department of Bantu Education. That curriculum allowed for only three hours of instruction per day and mandated a racially discriminatory focus on training for unskilled labor and menial jobs that served the white ruling minority. This poster speaks out against the act, which remained in effect until 1979.
Art Institute of ChicagoCC BY 4.0
Details
- Accession number
- 2018.428
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
