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Education for the benefit of the mass: painted wall slogan with Eritrean flag, Asmara

Education for the benefit of the mass: painted wall slogan with Eritrean flag, Asmara

A whitewashed wall carries the painted slogan 'Education for the benefit of the mass' beside two pens and the Eritrean flag on a pole, with a man at the right touching the flag.

Date
2023
Period
Contemporary
Made by
Unattributed wall mural, Asmara (maker not identified)
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Country
Eritrea
Medium
Signs and banners
Issuer type
Mixed
Regime
Eritrea Isaias Afwerki
Leader
Isaias Afwerki
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Theme
Home front
Techniques
Glittering generalities
Regime
Eritrea under Isaias Afwerki
Leader
Isaias Afwerki
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Wikimedia Commons (Flickr photograph by Solomon Debre), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights
CC BY-SA 2.0 (Flickr licence confirmed by Commons FlickreviewR on August 5, 2023)
Solomon Debre, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr and Wikimedia Commons

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MASS

Capital letters as painted.

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