New book of old apartheid photos highlights an uncomfortable truth
The new edition of Ernest Cole's ‘House of Bondage’ shows that, while some things have changed, others are much the same for poor black South Africans
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The new edition of Ernest Cole's ‘House of Bondage’ shows that, while some things have changed, others are much the same for poor black South Africans
Gabriel Mabi Segwagwa reportedly suffered a stroke and passed on on 3 June 2021. Known as the man who became The Drum, Segwagwa died aged 74. A friend and collaborator, David Coplan recalls the artist's magnificence. Winter chokes the highveld in Johannesburg, South Africa, and takes from me, from our entire culture, a mighty mountain. Gabriel Mabi Segwagwa Thobejane, the diminutive tower of rhythmic power, has left us: a man who did not so much play the drums, but became The Drum. He reportedly suffered a stroke at the age of 74 and passed on 3 June 2021. Even though he was both master...