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Ernest Cole archive: House of Bondage
1966
Photography Legacy Project
South Africa
Atmosphere of the shebeens is free, in contrast to that of regimented Government beer halls. When spirits run high, someone usually provides music, and a woman may break into a dance or a staccato of swearwords. It used to be a social disgrace for an African woman to be found drinking with men. Shebeens have changed this
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- Title: Ernest Cole archive: House of Bondage
- Date Created: 1966
- Location Created: Gauteng [Transvaal],South Africa
- Subject Keywords: Alcohol,Apartheid,Arts,Black,Crime,Dance,Economy,Employment,Entertainment,Job Reservation,Leisure,Music,Portrait Photographs,Recreation,Segregation,Separate Development Act,Shebeen,Townships,Women
- Type: black and white photgraph
- Rights: © Ernest Cole Families Trust
- External Link: The Photography Legacy Project (PLP)
- Medium: 35 mm black and white negative
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