Battling the Virus: Didactic Imagery

Collection Items

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  Surf's Up And So Is Covid

  "Surfs Up! And So Is Covid" is written next to a blue wave with a sunset.
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  Free Hugs Canceled

  A teddy bear holds a sign that reads "Free Hugs." "Canceled" is stamped over the teddy bear in big red letters.
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  Serving Blue Covid

  A woman with a blue face mask and red apron holds a serving tray with a blue Covid virus ball.
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  Fight The Virus

  "Fight The Virus" is written in black on a poster. Above is a Black Power Fist and a depiction of the Covid virus
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  Stay at Home

  An image of a figure wearing a white hoodie, pink sunglasses and a face mask. Text accompanying the figure reads "Stay at Home" in Arabic. There are also green stylized representations of the coronavirus.
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  Stay at Home mural

  A large wall mural showing close-up images of faces wearing face masks. Text reading "stay at home" is written on the masks in different scripts.
  Statement from the artist: "It is of Sudanese people from different tribes, saying "Stay at home" in their own unique dialect. In a country where we have so many differences in appearance, language and religion - this is the time we need to come together to protect each other."
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  Soap and Prayers

  A pair of praying hands that is lightly bounded with a string. This string is connected to a bar of soap and there are bubbles around the hands.
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  Stay Healthy Campaign

  This image is one of a series of walls painted around the city of Dakar promoting various steps one can take to stay healthy. This panel depicts a woman wearing a colorful headwrap, caught in the middle of a sneeze or cough. Her eyes are closed, and she covers her mouth and nose with a tissue. Text below reads (in French): "se couvrir le nez et la bouche avec un mouchoir a jeter pour tousser ou eterneur" (translation: cover your nose and mouth with a tissue for coughing and sneezing and throw it away).