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DescriptionSatchmo blows up the world! by Can Themba: Can Themba confesses to his repeated arrests, not for crime, but for stories. Through risk and imprisonment, he exposes brutality and racial injustice in South Africa. This 1956 piece reflects the price of journalism under apartheid. CONTACT US TO ORDER AND LICENSE THE IMAGES FROM THIS ARTICLE
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Drum Magazine story, South Africa edition, August 1956_004

Satchmo blows up the world! by Can Themba: Can Themba confesses to his repeated arrests, not for crime, but for stories. Through risk and imprisonment, he exposes brutality and racial injustice in South Africa. This 1956 piece reflects the price of journalism under apartheid. CONTACT US TO ORDER AND LICENSE THE IMAGES FROM THIS ARTICLE
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