Beyond the Barricades: Popular Resistance in South Africa in the 1980s

This exhibition (Editors, Omar Badsha, Gideon Mendel and Paul Weinberg) is an important collection of photographs by twenty South African photographers, mainly from the photographic collective, Afrapix. Both, the exhibition and subsequent book, have become an indispensable anthology of popular resistance in South Africa during the 1980’s. The collection highlights one of the longest and bloodiest periods of political resistance to apartheid, a time of mass mobilization and brutal repression when taking of images was often a matter of life and death.

This section will contain various publication formats for which Afrapix photographs were used. The cover image depicts the fold-out brochure produced by Afrapix, Co-ordinator Diane Stuart.

Listed here are bibliographic references and links to books and journal articles published by Afrapix photographers, as well as journal articles and books about Afrapix photographers, exhibitions and other projects, which were published by national and international researchers.
Also included press coverage and online resources.

"Apartheid - a vigilant witness: A reflection on photography", by Paul Weinberg

Containing two articles:
"Afrapix - going beyond the image", by Paul Weinberg
"Inanda", by Omar Badsha

The publication contains a second publication entitled 'Two Tone', the South African's First Jazz Magazine.

Including articles:
Beyond the barricades: Collectivism in the 80s
The rainy season, John Liebenberg in Namibia
Going home, by Santu Mofokeng and Paul Weinberg
Gallery, with images from Pax Magwaza and Graeme Williams
Khikhi hostels, by Roger Meintjes

Including articles:
Troyville, by Jenny Gordon
Structures, by David Goldblatt
War in Natal, by Guy Tillim
A view from exile, by George Hallett
The way we live, Mavis Mthandeki, Primrose Talakumeni

"On the Front Line: a Portrait of Civil War", by Paul Weinberg and Afrapix photographers Guy Tillim, Dave Hartman and Steve Hilton-Barber

This book, presented by the 'Staffrider' magazine, contains photographs contributed by Paul Alberts, Joe Alfers, Omar Badsha, Tessa Colvin, Ivan Gieson, David Goldblatt, Lesley Lawson, Peter McKenzie, Mxolisi Moyo, Judas Ngwenya, Shepard Nompunza, Biddy Partridge, Jeeva Rajgopaul, Karl Sansom, Wendy Schwegmann, Peter Setuke, Paul Weinberg, John Wolverstone, Morris Zwi.