The day was 26 May 1982. South Africans were asked to send in photos taken on that day and a wonderful book was created showing a moment in time of a country.
It was organised into 24 chapters, depicting the hours of that day. I opened up on a few pages randomly. It might be important to note that this was during apartheid and many photos contrasted the different life styles in the country, however, there were many encouraging images that showed a country about to change. It took another 8 years until Nelson Mandela was freed from prison which seems a short time now in retrospect but at the time we thought that particular day would never come.
That the book fell open on this page was a special bonus for me because of the black and white picture on the bottom right side. It is from a theatre production at the Market Theatre called “Saturday Night at the Palace”. The writer Paul Slabolepszy also starred (he is the blond guy on the right), the other two actors are Bill Flynn and Fats Dibeko. It had opened not even a month earlier and ran a total of three seasons, most performances being sold out. My husband and I were there, not on 26 May but in May or June that year for sure. It was later made into a movie with the great John Kani.
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That looks like a fascinating slice of history.
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It definitely is. I have put it on our coffee table 😉 and I know what I’ll be doing tonight while the other one is watching Germany playing in the Euro.
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What an interesting book! The memories of so many people – from one day so long ago!! Lovely..
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True. Thanks for your comment. Even if it made me feel a tad old. 😉
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Someone had a wonderful idea in creating that one day in the life of South Africa.
What a splendid book to own. Thank you for sharing it with our One Day Challenge.
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I used to have copies of the Japan and China books in this series. They were wonderfully done.
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I was featured in this book. I was 7 years old. It is a photo of us small school girls standing in a row arms interlocked over shoulders, in front of a blackboard dressed in our blue school dresses, i was the short one with black hair standing on my tip toes.
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I’ll check it later when I’m home! that’s exciting!
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Found it! Five little girls, smiling, no: grinning! Which one is you? And who took the photo? A teacher? A mum? I can see that it’s from the Johannesburg area, and taken in the early afternoon. – Thanks for sharing!
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