Funeral of baby, Crossroads, 1985

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Title: Funeral of baby, Crossroads, 1985
Creator: Mendel, Gideon
Subject: Funeral service, Tear gas, Children--Death, Apartheid, Political history--South Africa, Beyond the Barricades
Description: Crossroads residents bury six-month-old Amanda Fanisa, asphyxiated by tear gas fired during police action in Crossroads, Cape Town. The South African security forces used tear gas as a standard means of "crowd control". Tear gas can be lethal, and it is especially dangerous when inhaled by young children.
Publisher: University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date: 1985-03
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Format: still image, documentary photographs, black-and-white photographs, Image/jpeg
Identifier: islandora:895
Source: mss_barricades_used_44.jpg
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Rights: The photographer/creator holds the copyright. Licensed to the UCT Libraries for educational and/or research purposes only. Please contact the University of Cape Town Libraries Special Collections for more information about publishing and/or reproducing this photograph.