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- 1984 (Creation)
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73 photographs
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The exhibition and subsequent book publication, was curated and produced by Omar Badsha, as a product of the photographic project for the Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa in 1983. The exhibition was comprised of the work of 28 South African Photographers.
"On 24th April 1984 over 300 hundred academics, artists and photographers attended a conference at UCT where 300 research papers were presented and the exhibition titled South Africa The Cordoned Heart made up of over 36 photographic essays comprising of 386 images were exhibited in the foyer of UCT's Leslie Building. The exhibition was part of a mini cultural festival of film, music and performances. (Francis essay)"
South Africa: The Cordoned Heart: A short history of the photography project of the Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa (Source: Omar Badsha website https://www.omarbadsha.co.za)
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The photographic collection is housed in the Special Collections, University of Cape Town Libraries: https://digitalcollections.lib.uct.ac.za/islandora/object/islandora%3A5709
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Book title "South Africa: The Cordoned Heart: Twenty South African Photographers", edited by Omar Badsha, introduction and text by Francis Wilson, published by The Gallery Press, Cape Town, 1986.
Online available at: https://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/south-africa-condoned-heart-twenty-south-african-photographers-edited-omar-badsha