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APARTHEID RESISTANCE

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

  • Marlan Padayachee
5 min read
Generational wealth: An archive of 60 000 negatives in a Swedish bank was published posthumously by the Ernest Cole Family Trust through Aperture in the book The True America in 2023. Photo: Ernest Cole
AFRICAN ART

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

  • Laurence Hamburger
8 min read
Ernest Cole Lost And Found By Raoul Peck (c) Ernest Cole
AFRICAN ART

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found — A profound portrait of the artist in exile

Ernest Cole’s untold story comes home — with a revealing documentary premiering at the Joburg Film Festival this week

  • Laurence Hamburger
9 min read
Previously unseen: In 1964 Cole travelled to Frenchdale, a remote settlement in the Northern Cape, to document the lives of these internally displaced political exiles
APARTHEID

A reshoot of Ernest Cole

Three decades after his death the apartheid-era maverick photographer is still revealing himself

  • Sean O Toole
7 min read