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1917-1957

Henry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo

… the time. Then in 1951, millionaire Jim Bailey established Drum Magazine under the editorship of Anthony Sampson and invited Nxumalo to become assistant…

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1936-2010

Lewis Nkosi

… In 1956, he joined other African writers on the staff of Drum magazine , which was founded in 1951. In his book Home … and Exile and Other Selections (1965),…

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1920-2015

Sylvester Stein

… for the Rand Daily Mail , Stein took on the editorship of Drum magazine , where he spent three years working with a … 1960. Most recently, Stein wrote the…

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1919-2000

Jim Bailey

… Crisp to help finance a new magazine called The African Drum   (now know by many as Drum Magazine). As a result of financial problems and a drop … focus on…

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1931-2020

Jürgen Schadeberg

… his mother and stepfather. In September 1951 he joined Drum magazine as their official photographer and layout artist. After joining Drum magazine, he met a…

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1923-1986

William “Bloke” Modisane

… was owned by a former trade unionist. He later joined the Drum magazine at the time when the magazine was known for its … the Golden City Post , the…

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1932-2005

Arthur Maimane

… in the Eastern Cape. Maimane chose the former and joined Drum magazine in the early 1950's. He was mentored by Henry Nxumalo who later became known as Mr…

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1924-1968

Canodoise (Can) Themba

… Themba then worked as a reporter and an editor at Drum magazine , after winning a short-story competition. Here … aspiring black journalists, who came to be…

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1926-2004

Anthony Sampson

… with then editor Jim Bailey, Sampson became editor of Drum magazine in Johannesburg. During this time, Sampson met … he worked from 1955-6. Sampson also…

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1932-2024

Peter Sexford Magubane

… as a photojournalist.  In 1954 he managed to get a job at Drum magazine as a driver and messenger. The highly motivated …  (ANC) annual conference held in…

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1940-1990

Ernest Cole

… Magazine, an Afrikaanse Pers competitor of Jim Bailey’s Drum magazine . While working tat Zonk, he saved up enough … a few lenses. In 1958, Cole went to…

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1940

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

… published his first poetry collection, Sounds of a Cowhide Drum , in 1971. South African writer Nadine Gordimer wrote … into Zulu. The most recent edition of…

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1921-1968

Todd Tozama Matshikiza

… with Henry Nxumalo, one of the original writers of the new Drum magazine , then edited by Anthony Sampson. He wrote … lid off. His journalistic career…

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1934-2013

Ian Berry

… time photographing weddings. Schadeberg was employed by Drum magazine and was offered a position as photographer at … was coming to South Africa to take over…

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1928-2004

Dolly Rathebe

… township lounge and gracing the cover of the ubiquitous Drum magazine . Her fame as a jazz singer therefore grew … considerably. The fact that she had been…

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David Anderson

… of some of the publications at the time, one of them being Drum Magazine . Anderson left with his family for Canada, in …

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1937-1965

Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)

… later moved to Johannesburg where he joined Post and later Drum magazine . He also freelanced for publications in … the USA and Britain. Nakasa became…

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1938-1979

David Sibeko

… High School). After leaving school he went to work for  Drum , initially as switchboard operator, but later as a … Sasolburg and Carletonville. In 1960…

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1919-2008

Es’kia Mphahlele

… Returning to South Africa a year later, he found work with Drum magazine , where at various stages he held the posts of … 1950’s, Mphahlele wrote a series of…

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1953

Fanie Jason

… career took off in the early eighties when he worked for Drum and Pace magazine in Cape Town. Jason's photographs have …

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1910-2002

Bettie du Toit

… Johannesburg and fined one pound or 10 days labour. In an interview with Luli Callilinicos Du Toit remembers that the … textile industry, where she spent…

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1941-1989

Maggie Mikula

… finely detailed designs. She produced totemic, loom and drum-like forms. Mikula won the Corobrik National Ceramics …

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1939-2019

Hugh Lewin

… he worked as a journalist at the Natal Witness , Drum and Golden City Post . In July 1964 he was held under …

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1961

David Hartman

… that I had a role in explaining what was happening.”  (Interview with Hartman, 2009). He came to feel that … to help educate my society starting with my own…

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1937-2019

Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet

… writing for the Golden City Post in 1957 and worked for Drum magazine. In 1977 she joined The Voice, in Lenasia, …

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1954

Tony Sithembiso Yengeni

… ANC secretary in the Western Cape. In his effort to drum up support for the ANC on the eve of South Africa’s …

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1963

Jeremy Vearey

… workers. Vearey terms this a ‘workerist’ approach in an interview with Amandla! in 2013. [1] Vearey’s father was also … written his biography entitled …

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1963

Roger Meintjes

… collaborative projects and learning from peers.” (Email interview with Meintjes, 2012 conducted by Bianca van Laun). … context in which to shape one’s own…

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… he was also working for the South African magazine Drum as a circulation manager. Part of his international …

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1947-2019

Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo

… City Post . In 1969-1970, he was a feature writer for Drum magazine, and in 1970 he became a political reporter at … on 23 January 2019. Goodman, D. & Hovey…

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