Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 2108

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AuthorDrum Social Histories
Copyright© The Drum Archive
CreditGopal Naramsamy / Drum Social Histories / Bailey's African History Archive / african.pictures
DescriptionFive Months' Nightmare – Sharpeville how it began. After the people's protest; after the Sharpeville killings; after 20 000 people had been detained; the government closed another in our country's history. There was to be no change. Apartheid and baasskap was here to stay. Two grief stricken young women being taken home after the one in the middle had viewed her husband's body twister into a lifeless bulk by police gun-fire, opposite the Sharpeville police station.
CitySharpeville
State / ProvinceGauteng
CountrySouth Africa
FilenameAPN94906.jpg
File TypeJPG
File Size7 MB
Dimensions4500 × 2939 px
Date Created2 October 1960

Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 2108

Five Months' Nightmare – Sharpeville how it began. After the people's protest; after the Sharpeville killings; after 20 000 people had been detained; the government closed another in our country's history. There was to be no change. Apartheid and baasskap was here to stay. Two grief stricken young women being taken home after the one in the middle had viewed her husband's body twister into a lifeless bulk by police gun-fire, opposite the Sharpeville police station.
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