Omar Badsha
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A lens, pen and a cause
Three new books spotlight Indian South Africans who helped shape the nation — through resistance, reflection and reinvention in unexpected places
A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole
Ernest Cole’s lens captured apartheid’s truth and his legacy continues to shape creatives today
Apartheid’s shadow, an artist’s light: Omar Badsha’s story
Omar Badsha’s journey from quiet observer to defiant artist in apartheid South Africa
Hotstix’s hug a celebration of survival
The Jazz Expressions concert in level one lockdown was a reaquaintance with friends, music and jazz photography
Black Photo Libraries: Peter Magubane on the struggle for documentation
Peter Magubane, whose images set him on a collision course with the apartheid government, pays tribute to his colleagues in this foreword to a new book
Omar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary
Saho’s Omar Badsha believes in the power of people telling their own stories, but more funding to support this practice is crucial
Intimate images from an activist photographer
Omar Badsha hopes his book ‘Seedtime’ and an accompanying exhibition will open space for more dialogue.
The butterfly effect
Photographer and activist Omar Badsha’s new exhibition features the ordinary people who have changed the course of history over the past 30 years.