Mug, glazed earthenware with printed decoration, England, mid 1980s.

Earthenware mug of standard mug form, straight-sided with slight lip and ‘ear’-shaped handle. Glazed and printed on white ground with black images and lettering. A circle with a fist holding a pen, with the words “Education Power” written immediately above it. Round the edge of the circle “The Nelson and Winnie Mandela Scholarship Fund”. All this repeated on the back.

Given by the Nelson and Winnie Mandela Scholarship Fund

Part of a large collection of mugs acquired in 1991, which aimed to illustrate the various uses of the 'Mug as bearer of message' over the preceding decade.

Nelson Mandela, is one of the greatest political leaders of the twentieth century. A fighter against apartheid in South Africa, he was jailed for 28 years. The Nelson and Winnie Mandela Scholarship Fund was established by the University of Sussex Students' Union in 1973 as an initiative to oppose apartheid in South Africa and to provide higher education for South African students. The Students’ Union initially funded one South African scholar every three years, for whom the University agreed to waive tuition fees. In 1985 an Independent Charitable Trust was founded to administer the fund, and the number of was scholars was increased. The fund has remained close to the Students’ Union and has continued to offer funding for scholars from the southern African region to undertake study at the University of Sussex.

C.165-1991