Alf Kumalo

Title: Alf Kumalo

Photographer(s): Alf Kumalo

Writer(s): Itala Vivan, Mongane Wally Serote, Noris Lazzarini e Monica Fresco

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Publisher(s): Leonardo Arte, Milano, Italy

Year:1998

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Language(s): Italian, English

Pages:164

Size: 24 x 28,5 cm

Binding: Softcover

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Print: Elemond, Martellago, Italy

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: South Africa, 1956-1991

ISBN: 9788878133846

His images captured the move from apartheid to democracy and everything in between, from police brutality in the 1960 to the Soweto Uprising in 1976. As a good friend, he was able to capture intimate photos of Nelson and Winnie Mandela.

He covered the Treason Trial and the Rivonia Trial, Mandela’s release and his inauguration as the first democratic president of SA. For his effort he was often assaulted and jailed on several occasions.

Kumalo went on to become one of South Africa’s most renowned and accomplished photojournalists. He bore witness and was a participant in the drama, events and history that unfolded over a fifty year period