- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.10-B1.10.3
- Pièce
- 1967
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
...the boy - called Papa - is out of control. Jumping fences is something he must do well if he means to live by his wits.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
...the boy - called Papa - is out of control. Jumping fences is something he must do well if he means to live by his wits.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Papa with slingshot, usually first weapon of township boy.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Line between laughing and crying, between playing and fighting, is very narrow for boy schooled in the streets. He doesn't care that he wears rags.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
When these pictures were taken, Papa's mother had just learned that he had been playing hooky for three months.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Street boys angling for a way to eat, which they do only when they have money.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Their hangout at fringe of white city's lights.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
"Penny, baas, please, baas, I hungry..." This plaint is part of nightly scene in the golden City, as black boys beg from whites. They may be thrown a coin, or, as here, they may get slapped in the face.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
In a shebeen, oil can containing potent liquor is passed from man to man; jokingly they call it "crude oil".
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
After a few drinks, young mother begins to sag.
Fait partie de Ernest Cole, Photographic collection and Papers
Municipalities legally monopolize production and sale of this brew; profits are high. In Government beer halls (where women are not allowed), it is dispensed automatically from huge vats.