Soweto: The Fruit of Fear

First edition of Soweto: The Fruit of Fear by Peter Magubane.(1986)

First impression

Large format softcover in very good condition

Some toning to cover

Some wear to extremities of cover and text block

Some minor toning to extremities of pages

Otherwise pages clean, binding overall firm

Jointly published by Africa World Press and Skotaville Publishers. 

About

Photographs document the June 16, 1976 clash between Black school children and South African government forces, the grief of mourners, and are accompanied by a brief chronology of the unrest.

Magubane's photographs of the Soweto school childrens' uprising which began on June 16, 1976. Over 700 were killed and hundreds as the protests spread to other parts of South Africa.

It was in Soweto that the uprising took place in 1976, signalling the beginning of the end of apartheid. This text showcases some of Peter Magubane's finest photographs, taken over almost 50 years. The book covers the town's development and continues to today, showing its poverty, colour and art. The reader is taken through the creation of Soweto in the 50's and it's bloody uprising in the 70's. The main body illustrates the people of Soweto going about their daily lives: working and playing, celebrating and grieving.