Photo essay
Narratives
Narratives is a photographic series made in South Africa between 1976 and 1986. Curatorial statement pending editorial review.
Devotees carrying offerings. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Victoria street. 1980
1980
Boy in veranda. Milton Road, 1979
1979
Man with loudspeakers. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1981
1981
Widow of the Induna at graveside. Amouti
Widow pleads for assistance at mass meeting held in Amouti to discuss removals
Domestic worker. Overport, Durban. 1981
1981
Trade union meeting. Cape Town
Devotees praying. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1984
1984
Herbalist. Queen street. 1986
1986
Street performance. Victoria street. 1981
1981
Shembe village
Pensioner being carried in to collect her money. She died a few weeks later
Narratives m2-2d
Farzanah and great-grandmother. Durban
Sam Kikine, trade union leader, addressing striking workers. YMCA, Beatrice street. 1981
1981
Student demonstrations. Lamontville High, Durban
Narratives OB-N-98-F
Domestic worker
Narratives OB-N-66-F
Mr. Rogers Ngcobo, chairman of the Inanda liaison committee and major land owner, addressing residents of Amouti about the new development plan for Amouti
Shebeen. Kimberely, Northern Cape
Morning Market Café, Victoria street
Resident. St. Wendolin, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Student marching to funeral of COSAS leader. KwaMashu, 1981
1981
Rathie players, Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street 1980
1980
Funeral of the Induna
Children at protest meeting. Lamontville, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Classroom interior. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu /natal
Narratives 198172b
Narratives OB-N-100-F
Ex-gangster and women, brothel. Wills road. 1986
1986
Disabled mineworker and family. Transkei
Brickyard worker, off-shift. Amouti
Students protest after the assassination of Victoria Mxenge. West street, Durban
Bible reading. Shembe village
At the graveside
Devotee suffering from cancer being blessed. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1984
1984
Florence Mkhize and Lamontville student leadership meeting with Department of Education officials. 1986
1986
Mrs. Haffajee. North street. 1982
1982
Dr. Aubrey Mokoape greeted by Strini Moodley on his release from Robben Island. Durban Central Prison. 1982
1982
Narratives 52-3e
Mass meeting. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Aysha and children. Wills road, 1983
1983
Resident. St. Wendolin, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Pensioners. Mamba store, Amouti
Shop workers discuss strike action at Parish Centre. Durban. 1984
1984
Easter play. Pondoland, Transkei
Ahmed Soni, proprietor, Avalon café. Victoria street. 1985
1985
Tailor and partner. Grey street. 1984
1984
Narratives OB-N-91-F
Spectator, street performance. Brook street. 1980
1980
Singers leading the procession. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1986
1986
Induna and clerk, pension payout point, Mamba store
Narratives OB-N-125-F
Teacher with her class of eighty children. Amouti
Bag sorter. Wills road. 1982
1982
Carrying mud to plaster newly built home. Amouti
Game of chance. Victoria street. 1982
1982
Devotees go into a trance. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Victoria street. 1980
1980
Ismail Meer speaking at protest meeting. Phoenix, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Shembe village
Funeral of Poomoney Moodley. Clarewood. 1982
1982
Armed guards at launch of 'Solidarity', a conservative Indian political party. Queen street. 1980
1980
Children playing shop. Amouti
Student meeting. Lamontville, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Hindu statuettes. Milton road. 1986
1986
Nozizwe Madlala president of NOW and other executive members beside the coffin of slain NOW leader Victoria Mxenge. University of Natal. 1985
1985
Pensioner walking home after tending her patch in the community vegetable garden. Transkei. 1983
1983
Game of chance. Victoria street. 1982
1982
Photographer. Shembe village
Delegates to housing conference. Tamil Vedic Hall
Stevedore and wife. Amouti
Migrant worker with son, Patel's refreshment house. Brook street. 1984
1984
Women protestors. Cato Manor. 1985
1985
Weaving mats. Shembe village
Garment worker. Queen street. 1986
1986
Devotees remove cover from Badsha Pir's tomb. Cemetery, Brook street. 1983
1983
Helen Joseph at funeral of Victoria Mxenge
Devotee with pagoda. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1981
1981
Narratives 3F
Interior of pensioners home. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Scrap collector, Victoria street 1983
1983
Dorothy Nyembe, ANC veteran, released from prison after 15 years. 1981
1981
Workers on strike. Durban. 1983
1983
Children asleep after all night vigil. 1982
1982
Mrs. Cooper enquiring about the release of her son, Sats Cooper, from prison. Durban
Induna Nkonyane. Amouti
Inanda. Kwa-Zulu Natal
Pensioner
Inkatha pall bearers at funeral of Induna Nkonyane
Victoria Mxenge, UDF leader. YMCA, Beatrice street. 1984
1984
Disabled worker. Lorne street 1981
1981
Community protest against bread price increases. Durban. 1982
1982
Shop keeper's son. Grey street, 1979
1979
Mr. Hargovan. Wills road. 1981
1981
Narratives OB-N-97-F
A.K. Shembe leads his followers on the anniversary of the founders death
Mr. Khan. Lorne street. 1985
1985
Mrs. Sisulu and newly elected executive members, Nozizwe Madlala and Hershella Narsee at NOW founding conference. Diakonia Centre. 1983
1983
Initiate. Transkei, 1983
1983
People at prayer. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Narratives OB-N-75-F
Mr. And Mrs. Seedat. Newcastle, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Women at protest meeting against removals. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
Hari Krishna devotees. Grey street 1984
1984
Lovers. Ajmeri Arcade, Grey street. 1982
1982
Funeral of two ANC soldiers killed in clashes with police outside Stanger. KwaMashu, Kwa-Zulu Natal 1984l
Mourners. Derby street. 1982
1982
Amouti. Kwa-Zulu Natal
Singers leading the procession. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1986
1986
Worker's play. A.I. Kajee Hall, Leopold street. 1986
1986
A prayer to open a meting of the Amouti Residents Association
Preparing food. Orient School, Centenary road1983
Natal Indian Congress leader RD Naidoo speaking after breaking his hunger strike. Durban
Plates
Index · 114 frames · the sequence as authored
01 - Devotees carrying offerings. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Victoria street. 1980
02 - Boy in veranda. Milton Road, 1979
03 - Man with loudspeakers. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1981
04 - Widow of the Induna at graveside. Amouti
05 - Widow pleads for assistance at mass meeting held in Amouti to discuss removals
06 - Domestic worker. Overport, Durban. 1981
07 - Trade union meeting. Cape Town
08 - Devotees praying. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1984
09 - Herbalist. Queen street. 1986
10 - Street performance. Victoria street. 1981
11 - Shembe village
12 - Pensioner being carried in to collect her money. She died a few weeks later
13 - Narratives m2-2d
14 - Farzanah and great-grandmother. Durban
15 - Sam Kikine, trade union leader, addressing striking workers. YMCA, Beatrice street. 1981
16 - Student demonstrations. Lamontville High, Durban
17 - Narratives OB-N-98-F
18 - Domestic worker
19 - Narratives OB-N-66-F
20 - Mr. Rogers Ngcobo, chairman of the Inanda liaison committee and major land owner, addressing residents of Amouti about the new development plan for Amouti
21 - Shebeen. Kimberely, Northern Cape
22 - Morning Market Café, Victoria street
23 - Resident. St. Wendolin, Kwa-Zulu Natal
24 - Student marching to funeral of COSAS leader. KwaMashu, 1981
25 - Rathie players, Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street 1980
26 - Funeral of the Induna
27 - Children at protest meeting. Lamontville, Kwa-Zulu Natal
28 - Classroom interior. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu /natal
29 - Narratives 198172b
30 - Narratives OB-N-100-F
31 - Ex-gangster and women, brothel. Wills road. 1986
32 - Disabled mineworker and family. Transkei
33 - Brickyard worker, off-shift. Amouti
34 - Students protest after the assassination of Victoria Mxenge. West street, Durban
35 - Bible reading. Shembe village
36 - At the graveside
37 - Devotee suffering from cancer being blessed. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1984
38 - Florence Mkhize and Lamontville student leadership meeting with Department of Education officials. 1986
39 - Mrs. Haffajee. North street. 1982
40 - Dr. Aubrey Mokoape greeted by Strini Moodley on his release from Robben Island. Durban Central Prison. 1982
41 - Narratives 52-3e
42 - Mass meeting. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
43 - Aysha and children. Wills road, 1983
44 - Resident. St. Wendolin, Kwa-Zulu Natal
45 - Pensioners. Mamba store, Amouti
46 - Shop workers discuss strike action at Parish Centre. Durban. 1984
47 - Easter play. Pondoland, Transkei
48 - Ahmed Soni, proprietor, Avalon café. Victoria street. 1985
49 - Tailor and partner. Grey street. 1984
50 - Narratives OB-N-91-F
51 - Spectator, street performance. Brook street. 1980
52 - Singers leading the procession. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1986
53 - Induna and clerk, pension payout point, Mamba store
54 - Narratives OB-N-125-F
55 - Teacher with her class of eighty children. Amouti
56 - Bag sorter. Wills road. 1982
57 - Carrying mud to plaster newly built home. Amouti
58 - Game of chance. Victoria street. 1982
59 - Devotees go into a trance. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Victoria street. 1980
60 - Ismail Meer speaking at protest meeting. Phoenix, Kwa-Zulu Natal
61 - Shembe village
62 - Funeral of Poomoney Moodley. Clarewood. 1982
63 - Armed guards at launch of 'Solidarity', a conservative Indian political party. Queen street. 1980
64 - Children playing shop. Amouti
65 - Student meeting. Lamontville, Kwa-Zulu Natal
66 - Hindu statuettes. Milton road. 1986
67 - Nozizwe Madlala president of NOW and other executive members beside the coffin of slain NOW leader Victoria Mxenge. University of Natal. 1985
68 - Pensioner walking home after tending her patch in the community vegetable garden. Transkei. 1983
69 - Game of chance. Victoria street. 1982
70 - Photographer. Shembe village
71 - Delegates to housing conference. Tamil Vedic Hall
72 - Stevedore and wife. Amouti
73 - Migrant worker with son, Patel's refreshment house. Brook street. 1984
74 - Women protestors. Cato Manor. 1985
75 - Weaving mats. Shembe village
76 - Garment worker. Queen street. 1986
77 - Devotees remove cover from Badsha Pir's tomb. Cemetery, Brook street. 1983
78 - Helen Joseph at funeral of Victoria Mxenge
79 - Devotee with pagoda. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1981
80 - Narratives 3F
81 - Interior of pensioners home. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
82 - Scrap collector, Victoria street 1983
83 - Dorothy Nyembe, ANC veteran, released from prison after 15 years. 1981
84 - Workers on strike. Durban. 1983
85 - Children asleep after all night vigil. 1982
86 - Mrs. Cooper enquiring about the release of her son, Sats Cooper, from prison. Durban
87 - Induna Nkonyane. Amouti
88 - Inanda. Kwa-Zulu Natal
89 - Pensioner
90 - Inkatha pall bearers at funeral of Induna Nkonyane
91 - Victoria Mxenge, UDF leader. YMCA, Beatrice street. 1984
92 - Disabled worker. Lorne street 1981
93 - Community protest against bread price increases. Durban. 1982
94 - Shop keeper's son. Grey street, 1979
95 - Mr. Hargovan. Wills road. 1981
96 - Narratives OB-N-97-F
97 - A.K. Shembe leads his followers on the anniversary of the founders death
98 - Mr. Khan. Lorne street. 1985
99 - Mrs. Sisulu and newly elected executive members, Nozizwe Madlala and Hershella Narsee at NOW founding conference. Diakonia Centre. 1983
100 - Initiate. Transkei, 1983
101 - People at prayer. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
102 - Narratives OB-N-75-F
103 - Mr. And Mrs. Seedat. Newcastle, Kwa-Zulu Natal
104 - Women at protest meeting against removals. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
105 - Hari Krishna devotees. Grey street 1984
106 - Lovers. Ajmeri Arcade, Grey street. 1982
107 - Funeral of two ANC soldiers killed in clashes with police outside Stanger. KwaMashu, Kwa-Zulu Natal 1984l
108 - Mourners. Derby street. 1982
109 - Amouti. Kwa-Zulu Natal
110 - Singers leading the procession. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1986
111 - Worker's play. A.I. Kajee Hall, Leopold street. 1986
112 - A prayer to open a meting of the Amouti Residents Association
113 - Preparing food. Orient School, Centenary road1983
114 - Natal Indian Congress leader RD Naidoo speaking after breaking his hunger strike. Durban