Tag Archives: Sam Nzima

Roots | Soweto Uprising

Irie Magazine | Roots | Soweto Uprising

Soweto Uprising June 16, 1976 On the morning of June 16, 1976, between 10,000 and 20,000 black students walked from their schools to Orlando Stadium for a rally to protest against having to learn through Afrikaans in school. Many students who later participated in the protest arrived at school that morning without prior knowledge of […]

Rock | Sam Nzima

Irie Magazine | Rock | Sam Nzima

Sam Nzima How One Photograph Changed the World Photography By: AP Images IRIE Magazine remembers legendary South African photographer, Sam Nzima, who passed away on May 12, 2018, at Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mbombela (Nelspruit) after a short illness. He was 83. Sam Nzima is best known for capturing the iconic photograph of the Apartheid […]