Nichts wird uns trennen : Südafrikanische Fotografen und Dichter

Title: Nichts wird uns trennen : Südafrikanische Fotografen und Dichter

Photographer(s): Various photographers

Writer(s): Al Imfeld

Designer(s): Bentelli team

Publisher(s): Bentelli Werd Werlag, Bern, Switzerland

Year: 1983

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Language(s): German

Pages: 160

Size: 20 x 25 cm

Binding: Softcover

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Print: Bentelli Werd Werlag, Bern, Switzerland

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: South Africa, 1980-1982

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The book is the catalog of the 1985 exhibition that includes 194 works by 27 photographers living in South Africa exploring the racial segregation regime. The photographers-a quarter of whom belong to oppressed segments of the population-see their work as a contribution to liberation from apartheid. They show city and urban landscapes, portraits and images of the daily lives of the black majority between Cape Town and Johannesburg.

The exhibition was followed by a criminal complaint filed by the German-South African Society against the art association for “publicizing and supporting a terrorist organization.” The reason for this was specifically the invitation of Tony Seedat, representative of the African National Congress (ANC), to an evening debate. A letter from the German-South African Society stated, “The African National Congress (ANC) is a terrorist organization subject to German criminal law, controlled by officials of the outlawed Communist Party of South Africa, whose aims and activities are directed at committing murder, manslaughter, dangerous crimes and crimes against personal freedom.” The ANC, whose leading members included Nelson Mandela, was outlawed in South Africa from 1960 to 1990; It was a leading force, including through its exiled members, in the struggle against South African apartheid. The ban was lifted on February 2, 1990. Criminal charges against the arts association were dropped.