A Celebration of the 50s. A Tribute to the Heroes of Robben Island. 1997-1998 Wall Calendar

Cape Town: Shawu Event Management, 1997. One of an unspecified limited, press-numbered edition. Softcover. Fine. Spiral-bound folio. 14ff. Illustrated with photographs by Jurgen Schadeburg, Bob Gosani, G.R. Naidoo, and Leon Levson. These images depict a who's-who of South African political and cultural figures from the 1950s, including singer Thandi Klaasen, Nelson Mandela (shown leaving the courthouse during his 1958 treason trial), and a young Hugh Masakela holding a trumpet given to him by Louis Armstrong. Several images also commemorate Sophiatown, the multi-racial district of Johannesburg that was destroyed under the apartheid regime in 1955. An unusual artifact from the early years of the post-apartheid era, and a fine example, housed in the original cardboard case, which has the edition number written in gold ink on the upper flap.