The Bang-Bang Club : snapshots from a hidden war / Greg Marinovich and João Silva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marinovich, Greg.

Contributor:

Silva, João.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--South Africa.

Violence.

Death squads.

South Africa.

Death squads--South Africa.

Bang-Bang Club.

Massacres--South Africa.

Massacres.

Physical Description:

xiv, 254 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, [2000]

Summary:

The story of four young photographers who captured memorable snapshots of apartheid is told by the group's two surviving members, who recount their political, emotional, and personal journeys through South Africa's violent transformation toward democracy. Photos.

Contents:

Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa ix

1 The Wall 1

2 'Ah, a Pondo

he deserved to die' 4

3 'f5.6 should be right' 19

4 Fame and Friendship 35

5 Bang-Bang 47

6 A Shortcut to Heaven 60

7 Monsters 74

8 Bad Boys 84

9 Intelezi 99

10 Flies and Hungry People 109

11 'It is good that one of you dies' 122

12 Revolution 130

13 The Sin of Looking 144

14 'Show us your dead' 154

15 'At least you were there' 168

16 The Land of Milk and Honey 176

17 Up and Down 185

18 Life Should be Roaring 195

19 A New South Africa 205

20 Finished Business 217

South African Timeline 237.

Notes:

"First published in the U.K. by William Heinemann"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page [239]) and index.

ISBN:

0465044123

OCLC:

44979757