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Passings: Santu Mofokeng, Photographer of Apartheid Life, Dies at 63

By David Schonauer   Thursday February 20, 2020

Santu Mofokeng, whose searing photographs of everyday life in South Africa’s black townships documented the prospects of freedom from apartheid and the unfulfilled promise of its overthrow, died on Jan. 26 in Johannesburg, reports The New York Times. He was 63. “While many other photographers have captured the spectacle of …

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