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- 1983 (Creation)
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SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ARCHIVE (SAHA)
AL2547 - The Original SAHA Photograph Collection
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Afrapix was a collective agency of amateur and professional photographers who documented Apartheid South Africa through their photographs in the 1980s. At its height there were 20 members, and up to 60 "stringers" which had an affiliation and would do projects for Afrapix.
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Woman in one-roomed home in Alexandra. The family moved from house in township to disused TB treatment centre to make way for houses (the new houses are rented at exorbitant prices the people cannot afford). This woman has made a cardboard partition in the room - shared by 4 families - to create privacy for her family.
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Photographer: © Wendy Schweggman
Permission to use the photograph for publication has to be obtained from the photographer / AFRAPIX.