Soweto By Peter Magubane
Soweto By Peter Magubane
Soweto is the soul of South Africa
Softcover
ISBN 1868725847
Publisher: Struik Publishers Ltd 2001
Used - Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some slight/limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.
This is the work of Peter Zwelibanzi Magubane winner of the Stellenbosch Farmer's Winery Award, township folk hero extraordinary & black cavalier of Photography.
It was in Soweto that the uprising took place in 1976, signalling the beginning of the end of apartheid. This text showcases some of Peter Magubane's finest photographs, taken over almost 50 years. The book covers the town's development and continues to today, showing its poverty, colour and art. The reader is taken through the creation of Soweto in the 50's and it's bloody uprising in the 70's. The main body illustrates the people of Soweto going about their daily lives: working and playing, celebrating and grieving.
Soweto, a name known internationally, is synonymous with the struggle against apartheid. During the forced removals of the 1950s, countless black people were relocated to areas surrounding Johannesburg, that eventually came to be known as Soweto. It was in Soweto that the uprising took place in 1976, signalling the beginning of the end of apartheid. This text showcases some of Peter Magubane's finest photographs, taken over almost 50 years. The book covers the town's development and continues to today, showing its poverty, colour and art. The reader is taken through the creation of Soweto in the 50's and it's bloody uprising in the 70's. The main body illustrates the people of Soweto going about their daily lives: working and playing, celebrating and grieving.
