House of Bondage: A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today

200 Pages·1967·16.351 MB·English

by  Ernest Cole, Thomas Flaherty, Joseph Lelyveld

BY ERNEST COLE
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A SOUTH AFRICAN BLACK
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THE BITTER LIFE OF HIS HOMELAND TODAY.
Text with Thomas Flaherty
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This is one of those rare hooks
that can change the way we think hy
revealing a truth of which we
were unaware. The House of Bondage is the
dwelling-place of the hlack people of
South Africa, whose hitter life is one of
the tragedies of our century.
Ernest Cole has lived the tragedy as
an inmate of the House for most
of his twenty-seven years.
A remarkably gifted photographer and
an eloquent spokesman, he has recently
exiled himself to expose the harsh
realities of his homeland today.
From his uniquevantage point, Cole sees
every aspect of South Africa's
degradation with a searching eye
and a passionate heart.
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A Ridge Press Book Random House New York U
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This book is dedicated to
the memory of viy dear Dad, to Struan Robertson,
and to my brethren in bondage.
Editor-in-Chief:Jerry Mason
Editor: Adolph Suehsdorf
ArtDirector: AlbertSquillace
ArtAssociate: AllanMogel
ArtAssociate: DavidNamias
AssociateEditor: Ruth Birnkrant
Associate Editor:Moira Duggan
Associate Editor: FrancesFoley
ArtProduction: Doris Mullane
©Copyright 1967byErnestCole.
AllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPanAmericanCopyright
Conventions. PublishedinNewYorkbyRandomHouse,Inc.
Firstpublished inToronto, Canada, by Random HouseofCanada Limited.
Preparedand producedbyTheRidgePress,Inc. NewYork.
LibraryofCongress CatalogCardNumber:67-2J147
PrintedinItalybyMondadoriEditore.
CONTENTS
Introduction 7
The Quality of Repression 20
1 he Mines 22
Police & Passes 40
Black Spots 52
Nightmare Rides 60
The Cheap Servant 70
Vor Whites Only 82
Below Subsistence 86
Education for Servitude 96
Hospital Care 10
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Heirs of Poverty 122
Shebeens & Bantu Beer 140
The Consolation of Religion 150
African Middle Class 168
Banishment 176