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Omar Badsha
Born in Durban, in 1945
Self-taught, award-winning artist and photographer
Since 1965, he has exhibited widely at hone and
internationally. His paintings and photographs are
to be found in all the major public collections in
South Africa and leading galleries abroad.
Badsha was instrumental in establishing "The
Center of Documentary Photography" at the
University of Cape Town, as well as "Afrapix",
the famous independent photographer's agency, and
collective.
Badsha was instrumental in establishing the
Chemical Workers Industrial Union in 1970s and he
was its first general secretary. Omar and his
family now (2004) live in Pretoria, where he is
the director of South African History Online, an
internet history project.
Books
Letter to Farzanah, banned by the Apartheid regime
Imijindolo, documents the struggle of the squatter
Community of Inanda outside Durban
Cordoned Heart, a book on poverty and development
in South Africa
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