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    Image Number: APN100593
    Media Id: 97_137
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / Cedric Nunn
    Description: Besters informal settlement. Durban 1987 Cedric Nunn
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Cedric Nunn
    Country: south africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2476 x 3706
    Credit: Cedric Nunn / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: black and white image, vertical, South Africa, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, settlements, shacks, people, community, Africa, 1987, 1980s, Besters informal settlement, poor, family, black African people, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN10060
    Media Id: 97_620
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / David Larsen
    Description: Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1/2000churches, babies, baby, fathers, parents, zulu
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: David Larsen
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 5503 x 3710
    Credit: David Larsen / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: White African woman, colour image , churches, stadiums, side view, black African people, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Title: School kids hiking
    Image Number: APN10071
    Media Id: 56_812
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / David Larsen
    Description: 5/1998 Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africabackpackers, children, kids, travel, mountains, mountaineering, xhosa, townships children
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: David Larsen
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3732 x 2497
    Credit: David Larsen / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa, climbing, hikers, hikers, colour image , white African people, mountain passes, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Image Number: APN10203
    Media Id: 97_681
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / David Larsen
    Description: youth, communication, relationships, multiracial, friends, games, education, educating,
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: David Larsen
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3726 x 2491
    Credit: David Larsen / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: front view, multiracial, white African man, white African woman, games, South Africa, Africa, standing, sitting, colour image , close up (view of object), team-building, teams (people), African people, black African youth, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Title: S-AFRICA-ABSA-SOCCER-CUP-FINAL-PREPARATIONS-FOR 2010
    Image Number: APN103630
    Media Id: 98_1124
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / Rajesh Jantilal
    Description: Thousands of local fans from South Africa attend the ABSA Soccer Cup final between the two largest teams, Orlando Pirates ( Black /White ) and Kaizer Chiefs or traditionally called the " Amakhosi " at Durban's ABSA stadium on 20 May 2006.South Africa hosts the 2010 World Cup and Durban is set to hold the semi final match in Durban.Soccer is the biggest and most popular sport played in the country and in the African continent.Work on various levels have begun by the South African FIFA Committee in preparations for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.Supporters are seen with " Vuvuzelas" ( plastic horns ), posters, flags, hats, caps, T-shirts, jerseys and various memorabilia and home made paraphanalia in support for their respective teams, all to be seen in leading to 2010.PHOTO: www.rajeshjantilal.com
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Rajesh Jantilal
    Country: SOUTH AFRICA
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3871 x 2663
    Credit: Rajesh Jantilal / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, horizontal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ABSA Soccer Cup, people, football, soccer, fans (sports), supporters, ABSA stadium, happy, crowds, Africa, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Title: S-AFRICA-ABSA-SOCCER-CUP-FINAL-PREPARATIONS-FOR 2010
    Image Number: APN103630
    Media Id: 106_384
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / Rajesh Jantilal
    Description: Thousands of local fans from South Africa attend the ABSA Soccer Cup final between the two largest teams, Orlando Pirates ( Black /White ) and Kaizer Chiefs or traditionally called the " Amakhosi " at Durban's ABSA stadium on 20 May 2006.South Africa hosts the 2010 World Cup and Durban is set to hold the semi final match in Durban.Soccer is the biggest and most popular sport played in the country and in the African continent.Work on various levels have begun by the South African FIFA Committee in preparations for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.Supporters are seen with " Vuvuzelas" ( plastic horns ), posters, flags, hats, caps, T-shirts, jerseys and various memorabilia and home made paraphanalia in support for their respective teams, all to be seen in leading to 2010.PHOTO: www.rajeshjantilal.com
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Rajesh Jantilal
    Country: SOUTH AFRICA
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3871 x 2663
    Credit: Rajesh Jantilal / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, horizontal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ABSA Soccer Cup, people, football, soccer, fans (sports), supporters, ABSA stadium, happy, crowds, Africa, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Image Number: APN103692
    Media Id: 91_266
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / Eric Miller
    Description: A white woman consults traditional healer sangoma witchdoctor throws bones Photo © Eric Miller
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Eric Miller
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2321 x 3508
    Credit: Eric Miller / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, people associated with religion, African religion, traditional healers, sangomas, witch-doctors, people, national, regional or ethnic people, African people, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN103693
    Media Id: 90_359
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / Eric Miller
    Description: Ivan Toms at an ECC anti-war meeting. 1988.Conscripton© Eric Miller
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Eric Miller
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2332 x 3508
    Credit: Eric Miller / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, Africa, vertical, people, national, regional or ethnic people, white African people, white men, communication activities, meetings, demonstrations, rallies, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Image Number: APN10415
    Media Id: 59_427
    Path: african.pictures / Illustrative Options / Karin Duthie
    Description: Drummer at Head of Mountain Church.
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Karin Duthie
    Country: Botswana
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3579 x 2344
    Credit: Karin Duthie / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: drummer, Botswana, colour image , Africa, horizontal, Christian Church, religion, ceremony, music, religious groups, white, dancing, black African people, Head of Mountain Church, religious dress, religious activities, traditional instruments, drummers, drums, sand, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Image Number: APN10415
    Media Id: 20_593
    Path: african.pictures / Illustrative Options / Karin Duthie
    Description: Drummer at Head of Mountain Church.
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Karin Duthie
    Country: Botswana
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 3579 x 2344
    Credit: Karin Duthie / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: drummer, Botswana, colour image , Africa, horizontal, Christian Church, religion, ceremony, music, religious groups, white, dancing, black African people, Head of Mountain Church, religious dress, religious activities, traditional instruments, drummers, drums, sand, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Title: S-AFRICA-ABSA-SOCCER-CUP-FINAL-PREPARATIONS-FOR 2010
    Image Number: APN104300
    Media Id: 106_443
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / Rajesh Jantilal
    Description: Thousands of local fans from South Africa attend the ABSA Soccer Cup final between the two largest teams, Orlando Pirates ( Black /White ) and Kaizer Chiefs or traditionally called the " Amakhosi " at Durban's ABSA stadium on 20 May 2006.South Africa hosts the 2010 World Cup and Durban is set to hold the semi final match in Durban.Soccer is the biggest and most popular sport played in the country and in the African continent.Work on various levels have begun by the South African FIFA Committee in preparations for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.Supporters are seen with " Vuvuzelas" ( plastic horns ), posters, flags, hats, caps, T-shirts, jerseys and various memorabilia and home made paraphanalia in support for their respective teams, all to be seen in leading to 2010.PHOTO: www.rajeshjantilal.com
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Rajesh Jantilal
    Country: SOUTH AFRICA
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2199 x 2953
    Credit: Rajesh Jantilal / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, vertical, hats, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ABSA Soccer Cup, fans (sports), white man, supporters, black African people, ABSA stadium, Africa, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Title: S-AFRICA-ABSA-SOCCER-CUP-FINAL-PREPARATIONS-FOR 2010
    Image Number: APN104300
    Media Id: 99_265
    Path: african.pictures / Independent Photographers / Rajesh Jantilal
    Description: Thousands of local fans from South Africa attend the ABSA Soccer Cup final between the two largest teams, Orlando Pirates ( Black /White ) and Kaizer Chiefs or traditionally called the " Amakhosi " at Durban's ABSA stadium on 20 May 2006.South Africa hosts the 2010 World Cup and Durban is set to hold the semi final match in Durban.Soccer is the biggest and most popular sport played in the country and in the African continent.Work on various levels have begun by the South African FIFA Committee in preparations for the hosting of the 2010 World Cup.Supporters are seen with " Vuvuzelas" ( plastic horns ), posters, flags, hats, caps, T-shirts, jerseys and various memorabilia and home made paraphanalia in support for their respective teams, all to be seen in leading to 2010.PHOTO: www.rajeshjantilal.com
    Collections: Independent Photographers
    Subcollections: Rajesh Jantilal
    Country: SOUTH AFRICA
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 2199 x 2953
    Credit: Rajesh Jantilal / Independent Photographers / african.pictures
    Keywords: colour image , South Africa, vertical, hats, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ABSA Soccer Cup, fans (sports), white man, supporters, black African people, ABSA stadium, Africa, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Image Number: APN106835
    Media Id: 69_353
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2001091204:GCPLR:POLITICS:PERSONALITY:24MAY1964 - Banned From Attending His Daughter's Wedding. The bride says a tearful goodbye to her father. To do this she had to leave her husband and the guests and walk alone to where he was standing. It was a wedding. A happy, all-day, all-family affair, but not quite. Cars from everywhere, Jo'burg, Durban, the Cape, Maritzburg, even Northern Rhodesia, presents galore. A beautiful smiling bride, Miss Hatira, and bashful groom, Dr Ahmed Bhabha. The guests streamed into the gay 'hall' speciallly built for the occasion alongside the Residensia home in Evaton, in Johannesburg. There was another stream of people, too a one-to-one trickle going away from the house, up into the dusty veld above the house, in amongst the cars from everywhere. One by one the guests peeled off, waited patiently and then went, alone to shake the hand of a man who sat alone all day leaning against the furthest car. That man, alone, was Sulliman 'Solly&a
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Pixel Size: 1930 x 1950
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Drum Magazine, South Africa, Africa, South African history, black and white image, daughters, square, father, Solly Nathie, May, 1964, 1960s, Evaton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, weddings, guests, brides, celebrations, apartheid, Hatira Nathie, crying, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN106930
    Media Id: 69_403
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005031767:SAED:MUSIC:PERSONALITY:BEAUTY:1965 - Dorothy Masuka originally coming from Rhodesia- Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium. (Photograph by Drum photographer BAHA) fashion,Castle Lager
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2890 x 1910
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: South Africa, horizontal, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, 1957, jazz, personality, music, Dorothy Masuka, black African people, Castle Jazz Festival, Gwanzura Stadium, Jazz bands, vocalists, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Image Number: APN106931
    Media Id: 69_219
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005031768:SAED:MUSIC:PERSONALITY:BEAUTY:1965-Dorothy Masuka originally coming from Rhodesia - Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium. (Photograph by Drum photographer BAHA) fashion,Castle Lager
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2553 x 1928
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: South Africa, 1957, horizontal, jazz, personality, music, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, Dorothy Masuka, black African people, Castle Jazz Festival, Gwanzura Stadium, Jazz bands, vocalists, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Title: Dorothy Masuka
    Image Number: APN106932
    Media Id: 69_422
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005031769:SAED:MUSIC:PERSONALITY:BEAUTY:1965 -Dorothy Masuka originally coming from Rhodesia- Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium. (Photograph by Drum photographer BAHA) Castle Lager
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2810 x 1970
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: 1965, South Africa, horizontal, jazz, personality, music, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, Dorothy Masuka, black African people, Castle Jazz Festival, Gwanzura Stadium, Jazz bands, vocalists, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Title: Dorothy Masuka
    Image Number: APN106933
    Media Id: 69_281
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005031770:SAED:MUSIC:PERSONALITY:BEAUTY:1965 - Dorothy Masuka originally coming from Rhodesia- Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium. (Photograph by Drum photographer BAHA) Castle Lager
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2780 x 1950
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: 1957, jazz, South Africa, horizontal, personality, music, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, Dorothy Masuka, black African people, Castle Jazz Festival, Gwanzura Stadium, Jazz bands, vocalists, Drum Photographer, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Title: Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium - Dorothy Masuka
    Image Number: APN106934
    Media Id: 69_632
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005031771:SAED:MUSIC:PERSONALITY:BEAUTY:1965 - Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium. Dorothy Masuka originally coming from Rhodesia (Photograph by Drum photographer BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2850 x 1950
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: South Africa, horizontal, 1957, jazz, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, personality, music, Dorothy Masuka, black African people, Castle Jazz Festival, Gwanzura Stadium, Jazz bands, vocalists, Drum Photographer, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN106935
    Media Id: 69_731
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005031772:SAED:MUSIC:PERSONALITY:BEAUTY:1965 - Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium. Dorothy Masuka originally coming from Rhodesia (Photograph by Drum photographer BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2890 x 1970
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: 1957, jazz, personality, South Africa, horizontal, music, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, Dorothy Masuka, black African people, Castle Jazz Festival, Gwanzura Stadium, Jazz bands, vocalists, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN106936
    Media Id: 70_93
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005031773:SAED:MUSIC:PERSONALITY:BEAUTY:1965 - Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium. Dorothy Masuka originally coming from Rhodesia(Photograph by Drum photographer BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2730 x 1970
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: 1957, jazz, personality, South Africa, music, horizontal, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, Dorothy Masuka, black African people, Castle Jazz Festival, Gwanzura Stadium, Jazz bands, vocalists, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN106939
    Media Id: 69_605
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005031776:SAED:MUSIC:PERSONALITY:BEAUTY:1965 - Castle Jazz Festival - Gwanzura Stadium. Dorothy Masuka originally coming from Rhodesia (Photograph by Drum photographer BAHA)
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2930 x 1920
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: 1957, jazz, personality, music, South Africa, horizontal, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, Dorothy Masuka, black African people, Castle Jazz Festival, Gwanzura Stadium, Jazz bands, vocalists, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Title: Last Days Of Sophiatown
    Image Number: APN106947
    Media Id: 70_188
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020201:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:PERSONALITY:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) forced removals,
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 1960 x 2980
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Drum Magazine, South Africa, South African history, black and white image, November, vertical, apartheid, politics, 1959, forced removals, Group Areas Act, Sophiatown, black African man, 1950s, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN106949
    Media Id: 69_365
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020202:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 1960 x 2850
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: Drum Magazine, South Africa, Africa, South African history, black and white image, Sophiatown, vertical, November, 1959, 1950s, black African woman, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Image Number: APN106951
    Media Id: 69_537
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020203:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: landscape
    Pixel Size: 2946 x 1926
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: South Africa, Drum Magazine, South African history, black and white image, Africa, horizontal, 1950s, Sophiatown, 1959, November, black African people, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN106953
    Media Id: 69_513
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020204:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 1980 x 2930
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: destruction, Sophiatown, Drum Magazine, South Africa, Africa, South African history, black and white image, vertical, November, 1959, 1950s, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN106960
    Media Id: 70_142
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020208:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 1930 x 2960
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: November, South African history, Africa, black and white image, 1950s, Sophiatown, South Africa, Drum Magazine, vertical, destruction, 1959, black African children, ,
    Model Release: No
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    Image Number: APN106962
    Media Id: 69_661
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020209:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
    Subcollections: Drum Social Histories
    Country: South Africa
    Orientation: portrait
    Pixel Size: 1990 x 2920
    Credit: Drum Social Histories / Baileys African History Archive / Africa Media Online
    Keywords: black and white image, South African history, Africa, Drum Magazine, November, 1950s, destruction, Sophiatown, 1959, vertical, South Africa, black African children, ,
    Model Release: No
    Property Release: No

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    Image Number: APN106965
    Media Id: 70_199
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
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    Title: Last Days Of Sophiatown
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    Description: DM2005020211:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Image Number: APN106969
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    Description: DM2005020212:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Title: Sophiatown removals
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    Description: DM2005020901:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown - The Move - The first sixty families in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, have been given orders to leave their houses, and have been offered accomodation in the new location in Meadowlands. "You are hereby required in terms of the Native Resetlement Act 1954 to vacate the premises in which you are residing..." The first date given is February 12th. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926, police
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    Description: DM2005020215:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Description: DM2005020903:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown - The Move - The first sixty families in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, have been given orders to leave their houses, and have been offered accomodation in the new location in Meadowlands. "You are hereby required in terms of the Native Resetlement Act 1954 to vacate the premises in which you are residing..." The first date given is February 12th. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926, police
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    Description: DM2005020216:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Image Number: APN106981
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    Description: DM2005020904:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown - The Move - The first sixty families in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, have been given orders to leave their houses, and have been offered accomodation in the new location in Meadowlands. "You are hereby required in terms of the Native Resetlement Act 1954 to vacate the premises in which you are residing..." The first date given is February 12th. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926, police
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    Image Number: APN106982
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    Description: DM2005020217:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Image Number: APN106983
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    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020905:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown Removals - The Move - The first sixty families in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, have been given orders to leave their houses, and have been offered accomodation in the new location in Meadowlands. "You are hereby required in terms of the Native Resetlement Act 1954 to vacate the premises in which you are residing..." The first date given is February 12th. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926
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    Image Number: APN106984
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    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020218:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Image Number: APN106985
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    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020906:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown Removals - The Move - The first sixty families in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, have been given orders to leave their houses, and have been offered accomodation in the new location in Meadowlands. "You are hereby required in terms of the Native Resetlement Act 1954 to vacate the premises in which you are residing..." The first date given is February 12th. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926
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    Title: Last Days Of Sophiatown
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    Title: Forced removals
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    Description: DM2005020907:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown Removals - The Move - The first sixty families in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, have been given orders to leave their houses, and have been offered accomodation in the new location in Meadowlands. "You are hereby required in terms of the Native Resetlement Act 1954 to vacate the premises in which you are residing..." The first date given is February 12th. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926
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    Image Number: APN106988
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    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020908:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown Removals - The Move - The first sixty families in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, have been given orders to leave their houses, and have been offered accomodation in the new location in Meadowlands. "You are hereby required in terms of the Native Resetlement Act 1954 to vacate the premises in which you are residing..." The first date given is February 12th. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926
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    Image Number: APN106989
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    Description: DM2005020220:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Image Number: APN106991
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    Image Number: APN106992
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    Description: DM2005020223:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Description: DM2005020911:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown Removals - (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926
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    Description: DM2005020224:SAED:POLITICS:APARTHEID:SOCIAL:NOV1959 - Last Days Of Sophiatown - Big machines and men with picks are beating down the last walls of Sof'town. Take a last look and say goodbuy. Sophiatown, the city that was within a city, the Gay Paris of Johannesburg, the notorious Casbah gang den, the shebeeniest of them all. Sophiatown is now breathing for the last time. I was robbed on her streets, beaten up in her dark corners and I will never forget the day when a womean friend of mine was grabbed from me by Sophiatown's tough sons. Her people do not like the fact that she is being murdered and I sympathise with them because she was a free city. There was Aunt Babes, in Edith Street. Bright's place in Tucker and opposite him the Carlton Hotel, run by a Chinaman. She also had her respectable citizens. There was Dr. A.B. Xuma, the African M.D., and Mr J. R. Rathebe, who reminded everybody that he was once in America. Sophiatown will also boast that it built two gentlemen w
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    Image Number: APN106995
    Media Id: 70_38
    Path: african.pictures / Bailey's African History Archive / Drum Social Histories
    Description: DM2005020912:SAED:SOCIAL:APARTHEID:1955 - Sophiatown Removals - (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA) neg 926
    Collections: Baileys African History Archive
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