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Your favorite beauty soaps

Description:
A poster with several different kinds of beauty soaps: Diana beauty soap with moisturising cream, floral Sara beauty soap with beauty lotion, Love beauty soap, Diana soap, and Diana fruity soap.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Your favorite beauty soaps

Yami Juice

Description:
Two mango juice packets stand on the left side of the poster. A sliced up mango is on the right side of the poster. Primary colors are orange and white.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Yami Juice

We teach our children family life education, what about you?

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of a man and woman standing over a boy and girl, who sit at a table reading a book. Papers surround the book with English text that reads "sex education" and "family life education." Above the illustration is a white outline of a house roof. At the bottom is an illustrated flower.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
We teach our children family life education, what about you?

Terminology/Key Features

Description:
Poster consists of election terms in green ovals with definitions to their right. To the left of the election terms are illustrations of some of the terms. Background is yellow, with a red border on the bottom. The logo of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia is in the top left-hand corner.
Date:
[between 1984 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Terminology/Key Features

Sofn'free: love your hair

Description:
An ad for Sofn'free hair products. 20 different headshots of 19 Black men and 1 Black woman showing various hairstyle options. Images are set up in a grid pattern. Background is black.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Sofn'free: love your hair

Sofn'free

Description:
A woman with long brown hair and a white halter top looks over her shoulder. A "tattoo" on her left shoulder reads "sofn'free love your hair." The hair care product sofn'free n'pretty carrot oil crème is in the lower left of the poster. Colors are mainly shades of green.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Sofn'free

Sitota

Description:
A movie poster for a film called "Sitota." Poster is black with four images photomontaged together. From top to bottom: a woman in a headscarf covers her face with her hand as she holds a crying baby. A blurry image of a man with long hair and white shirt. A woman with a light blue head scarf appears to be sobbing. A mustached and bearded man in a black turban and scarf, and a white robe. Title is in Amharic in yellow font, outlined in red. A yellow bar with possibly the movie company's or distributor's information runs across the bottom.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Sitota

Sensation

Description:
Shows 4 beige condoms against a dark blue fabric background, and a box with the same image.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Sensation

Protect our environment

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of a three-petal flower; a man's head is in the center with his hands covering his ears and a white mask covering his eyes; one petal has a green border and shows a person spraying pesticide, another person dumping content from a container into a river, and cows grazing around and wading in the river; another petal has a blue border and shows a lit cigarette, a fire, a car emitting exhaust near a group of huts or houses, and a factory emitting smoke; the last petal has a pink border and shows a bell, a car appearing to make noise, a man using a jack hammer, and a man using a hammer or mallet. Illustrations of small, multicolored flowers are in the background.
Date:
[between 1994 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Protect our environment

Protect all rights of the elderly!

Description:
Poster depicts a photograph of an elderly woman wearing a shawl over her shoulders and a necklace of large light brown beads and holding a small book; to the right is a small illustration of a woman holding a white cloth over the heads and backs of a seated elderly man and woman; the background is green, with gradated bars of light green and white at the top and bottom; the border is white.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Protect all rights of the elderly!

Power foam Omo multiactive detergent

Description:
A smiling boy in an red and white striped jersey, holds a soccer ball. The jersey and ball are streaked with mud. On the right side of the poster is an opened red, white, and blue bag of Omo laundry detergent.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Power foam Omo multiactive detergent

Poster with an illustration of a woman with parasites pulling plants from the ground beside a river [descriptive]

Description:
Poster with an illustration of a woman pulling plants from the ground beside a river and a banana tree. The woman's lungs, intestines and circulatory system are shown as though her body were transparent. There appear to be parasitic worms in her intestines, and emerging from her feet and her right hand, and on the ground near her feet and hands.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster with an illustration of a woman with parasites pulling plants from the ground beside a river [descriptive]

Poster of a woman gazing sadly at a book, with faded images of other people behind her [descriptive]

Description:
A poster in shades of brown. In the foreground a woman sits looking down at a book-like object, holding her neck in her hands. She looks despondent. In the background are faded, transparent images of people: a man, a woman with her hand to her cheek, a sleeping woman wearing a dark headscarf, and someone wearing sunglasses. There is also a blurry image of a car tire at the top of the poster. Possibly a film poster.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster of a woman gazing sadly at a book, with faded images of other people behind her [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic with two images: left side has 6 solemn people with their heads bowed, right side has the same 6 people surrounding a globe, smiling [descriptive]

Description:
Photomontage. Outer borders look like stained glass. Top and bottom of the main images are bordered with film strips in which the text is printed. Between the two main images is a red AIDS ribbon with the Ethiopian flag and another red flag with a yellow triangle and yellow star as the ribbon's tails. Left image has 6 solemn looking people with their heads bowed, arranged over the image of the world. A large pair of hands are on the right side of this image, held up, palms facing out as if pushing this world away. Right image has a blue glowing globe surrounded by the same 6 people, who are now smiling. Also included in the image is the Obelisk of Axum and the Hawelti monument.
Date:
[between 1994 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic with two images: left side has 6 solemn people with their heads bowed, right side has the same 6 people surrounding a globe, smiling [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic of a woman in a doctor's office, with photos of food for nutrition suggestions at the bottom of the poster [descriptive]

Description:
A drawing of a woman sitting in a doctor's office. The male doctor is seated behind a desk. The woman has her left hand placed on her belly, as either in protection, or in pain. Along the bottom of the poster are three sections of photographs of food items divided up into what looks like proteins (meats, beans, eggs, dairy), starches (potatoes, corn, bread, plantains), and fruits and vegetables.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic of a woman in a doctor's office, with photos of food for nutrition suggestions at the bottom of the poster [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic of an AIDS red ribbon overlaid with purple illustrations of consequences of and how to prevent AIDS [descriptive]

Description:
Grey poster with an AIDS red ribbon that takes up the entire poster. Over the ribbon are printed purple and black drawings of people. The drawings look like pencil or ink work. Images are of people carrying a coffin, an older woman sitting on the ground holding her head in her hand, children wearing ragged clothing and signs of hunger, and a happy smiling couple.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic of an AIDS red ribbon overlaid with purple illustrations of consequences of and how to prevent AIDS [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic of 3 standing women and 3 squatting men, all with their arms stretched out, smiling [descriptive]

Description:
Six young people, either late teens or early 20s, are posing, photoshopped against a plain light blue background. All of them are standing with their arms open. Three women are standing behind three men, who are squatting on the ground. They are all wearing western-style clothing like t-shirts, tank tops, denim skirts, and dresses.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic of 3 standing women and 3 squatting men, all with their arms stretched out, smiling [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting three men on a path leading to a church [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of three men on a flower-lined path leading to a church; Amharic-language text bubbles around the men pertain to Jesus and AIDS; two of the men are looking at the church, and one man is holding his face in his hands; over the church is an arch of light that reads "Jesus" in Amharic; a row of trees is on the horizon.
Date:
[between 1986 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting three men on a path leading to a church [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting rows of wooden benches and a group of people walking toward a long building with stone or cement walls and a metal roof [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts two photographs with white double-lined borders that depict the following: rows of wooden benches within a hut-like building or enclosure; a group of people walking on dirt toward a long building with stone or cement walls and a metal roof. Background is black, with a white double-lined circle in the center.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting rows of wooden benches and a group of people walking toward a long building with stone or cement walls and a metal roof [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting Meles Zenawi, women performing various tasks, and bottled beverages and packaged foods [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts a photomontage of Meles Zenawi, women in traditional and Western clothing performing labor such as packing food and making baskets, speaking, and sitting in groups, and products such as bottled beverages and food; background is gradated orange, yellow, and red; the bottom border is the flag of Ethiopia.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting Meles Zenawi, women performing various tasks, and bottled beverages and packaged foods [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting illustrations of houses in various states of repair and disrepair [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts illustrations of the following: a family in the backyard of their house; a woman tying a clothesline to the beam of a dilapidated house that is pulling a fence down while men look; two men in suits, one of whom has the organization's logo on his jacket, and two men carrying tools in front of a dilapidated house; a man painting the house while the men in suits talk to each other; three men in suits overhearing two other men in suits talk to each other.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting illustrations of houses in various states of repair and disrepair [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting a rural classroom of children and adolescents and two groups of people sitting outside and writing together [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts three overlapping photographs with white double-lined borders that depict the following: a group of children and adolescents sitting in a rural classroom, a group of adults sitting under a tree with pens and paper while one of the group members appears to read from a paper, a second group of people sitting in the shade with a man holding a notebook or papers; behind the photographs is a double-lined circle; background is black.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting a rural classroom of children and adolescents and two groups of people sitting outside and writing together [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting a man holding a clipboard and wearing goggles, a man moving boxes on a dolly, and a woman behind a pile of papers [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts illustrations of the following: a man holding a clipboard and wearing goggles with sheets on the table in front of him; a man moving boxes on a dolly, with a hammer on the ground in front of him; a woman holding a hand to her head with papers in front of her; all share a text bubble in the center, which appears to pertain to work cleanliness; the illustration is enclosed in a thin red border, with horizontal stripes at the top and bottom.
Date:
[between 1960 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting a man holding a clipboard and wearing goggles, a man moving boxes on a dolly, and a woman behind a pile of papers [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting a group of people in a rural building with flipboard sheets on its walls and a group of people sitting on benches around a tree [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts two overlapping photographs with white double-lined borders that depict the following: a group of men and women in a rural building with flipboard sheets on the walls; a group of people sitting on benches around a tree, listening to a man speak at a table. Background is black, with a white double-lined circle in the center.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting a group of people in a rural building with flipboard sheets on its walls and a group of people sitting on benches around a tree [descriptive]

Poster in Amharic depicting a field of cattle, herders, and a veterinarian artificially inseminating a cow [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of a field with a path at the bottom right and huts and trees in the background; cattle are walking in the fields with herders; a veterinarian appears to be artificially inseminating a cow that is standing within an enclosure made of sticks; a doctor's bag, box, bottle, and motorcycle are beside the veterinarian.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster in Amharic depicting a field of cattle, herders, and a veterinarian artificially inseminating a cow [descriptive]

Poster depicts a man holding a net containing examples of ways to catch HIV and talking to people surrounding the net [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts an illustration of the following: a man with an HIV virus labeled on his shirt who is sitting and holding a net that contains a man getting a shot, a man with his arm around a woman and flirting with a waitress, a woman giving birth, a couple in bed, a pregnant woman, and a woman sitting on a man's lap; surrounding the net is a woman talking to a seated child while a man behind the child appears to be stepping into the net, a young man who is walking and holding a paper, and a young woman wearing a backpack.
Date:
[between 1986 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster depicts a man holding a net containing examples of ways to catch HIV and talking to people surrounding the net [descriptive]

Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting photographs of forest areas in brown ribbon-like rings [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts the following: two ribbon-like rings, with a photomontage in the left ring depicting two groups of people standing in a row in a forest area and text and a brown question mark in the right ring; below the rings are two brown exclamation marks and three photographs of forest areas in brown ribbon-like rings, one of which includes a hut under construction; background depicts a transparent photomontage of a group of people standing in a forest area and a stream in a forest; top and bottom borders are brown.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting photographs of forest areas in brown ribbon-like rings [descriptive]

Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting forests and trees, a goatherd, a rake and box in a tree, and hands holding peppers [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts a photomontage of the following: forests and trees, a barefoot adolescent boy with goats in a wooded area, a box and a rake-like object in tree branches, and a pair of hands possibly holding peppers; background is blue and white, resembling a cloudy sky; bottom border is gradated light purple and white.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting forests and trees, a goatherd, a rake and box in a tree, and hands holding peppers [descriptive]

Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting a woman in traditional beaded jewelry, with a "stop" sign beside her [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts a photograph of a woman from the shoulders up wearing a beaded orange, green, black, and white headband with a metal piece hanging from the center, beaded and metal link earrings, and strands of orange, yellow, blue, black, and green beads around her neck; at the bottom left is an illustrated "stop" sign; background is blue.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting a woman in traditional beaded jewelry, with a "stop" sign beside her [descriptive]

Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting a hut and a stream in two forest scenes and a man in traditional clothing [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts a photomontage of a hut in a forest and a stream in a forest with green curved top and bottom borders; the photomontage overlaps a photograph of a man possibly holding a staff and wearing a purple and white head covering and a multicolored traditional outfit with tan shoes; background is a transparent photograph of a tree.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster chiefly in Amharic depicting a hut and a stream in two forest scenes and a man in traditional clothing [descriptive]

Poster about orphans and vulnerable children in Addis Ababa neighborhoods [descriptive]

Description:
Poster depicts a collage that consists of a purple illustration of a girl and boy, both of whom are seated. The girl holds what appears to be a ball and faces the boy, and the boy crosses his legs and holds his hands in his lap. Photographs of children's arms extend from the left and right sides of the poster, with open hands beside text printed in yellow. The background is a photograph of a green hilly landscape.
Date:
[between 1994 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Poster about orphans and vulnerable children in Addis Ababa neighborhoods [descriptive]

National Lottery Administration, 90,000 Br. prize

Description:
A woman wearing a white dress or blouse sits smiling with head tilted to the side. She's holding a sign that reads "90,000." On the left of the poster is the drawing of a tree with red giant fruit with prize money amounts on them. An elephant leans against the tree. Prize tiers are listed under the woman's photo, with old prize amounts crossed out and new, larger amounts bolded.
Date:
[between 1980 and 1995]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
National Lottery Administration, 90,000 Br. prize

MSDAE

Description:
Four images, possibly promoting what MSDAE does. Top left: a family of four (a woman, man, girl, and boy) sits around a table eating Ethiopian food, while a woman in the background carries a tray, possibly bringing more food to them. Top right: four women sit on a bench with two men standing behind them. A man dressed in a white jacket is lecturing to them or teaching them while writing on a blackboard. Bottom left: A man, pregnant woman, and five children are walking on a dirt road. Three of the children are old enough to walk, a man carries a small child, and a baby is being carried on the woman's back. Bottom right: eight young adults or children are attending what looks like a school. They are carrying books or wearing backpacks and neatly dressed.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
MSDAE

Movie poster for a film by Thomas Mekonen [descriptive]

Description:
Top third of the film poster pictures three people, photomontaged together. From left to right, a woman wearing a black and red top or dress, has her arms chained in front of her and is crying; a man wearing a blue beret, and a blue shirt over a light-colored collared shirt; a man wearing a white collared shirt and holding a lit cigarette in his right hand. Underneath them is the title, and below that looks like a field with two paths cut through it.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Movie poster for a film by Thomas Mekonen [descriptive]

Maternal and child health care for healthy citizen

Description:
Five images of a pregnant woman and later that woman with a child. Top left: mother consulting a nurse and receiving medication. Top right: mother receiving an examination from a nurse. Center: mother carrying a happy child. Bottom left: A room of mothers and pregnant women listening to a nurse give a presentation. Bottom right: mother holds a child while a nurse gives the child medicine.
Date:
[between 1985 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Maternal and child health care for healthy citizen

March 8

Description:
Poster depicts a high contrast photomontage of women on a gradated yellow and purple background, with the flag of Ethiopia on the bottom.
Date:
[between 1980 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
March 8

Let us eradicate harmful traditional practices affecting woman and children

Description:
Poster depicts 11 illustrations that are labeled as follows: "female genital mutilation," "incision of upper eyelid," "extracting milk teeth," "raping," "child labor," "child sexual abuse," "underage marriage," "beating wives & children," "abduction," "incision of epiglottis," and "unspaced birth of children." At the bottom center is the contact information of Bistrat Development and Aid Organization.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Let us eradicate harmful traditional practices affecting woman and children

Large hut made of branches with conical roof [descriptive]

Description:
Central image of the poster is a large round hut made out of branches and a conical roof. Behind the hut stands a grove of large, broad-leafed plants. Other smaller images around the poster include a round building with red, blue, and yellow pillars and a conical roof; a farmer plowing a field with two oxen; carved steles from Tiya; and a mosque. The right and left sides of the poster have been printed to look like strips of film.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Large hut made of branches with conical roof [descriptive]

Invest in Ethiopia

Description:
Along the left side of the poster: a cotton plant, a sheep, and an organic sesame plant. On the right side of the poster: two maps depicting the location of south Omo agricultural investment areas. Towards the bottom of the poster: four men shaking hands, and undeveloped forest land. Primary colors are green and yellow.
Date:
[between 1990 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Invest in Ethiopia

Hypothetical before and after of a city scene [descriptive]

Description:
A textless poster of a circle split horizontally in half. Background is blue. Top half of the circle shows a deteriorating city. A factory spews smoke in the air. Dirty sewage water runs down a broken and cracked street. People dump their trash on the street. Farmers are selling fruits and vegetables on the street, while one tends his goats. Power lines are falling over. A man is urinating against a wall. On the bottom half, the factory is now farther away, outside the city. The streets and power lines are repaired. Women dump their trash in dumpsters and down drains, leaving the streets free of garbage. Many more plants and greenery are present in the lower half.
Date:
[between 1965 and 2010]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Hypothetical before and after of a city scene [descriptive]

Gete Habesha new style

Description:
20 squares of Black women's hairstyles placed in a grid formation, 4 x 5, each square has two angles of the hairstyle shown. Two upper body shots of men are on the top corners. 8 smaller pictures of men are along the bottom of the poster.
Date:
[between 1995 and 2010?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Ethiopian Posters
Gete Habesha new style