Omar Badsha

Timeline

Life - a chronology of the work

1970s

  1. Narratives 1976 Photo essay
  2. 1976 Seedtimes: A Retrospective – Omar Badsha (Review by Darren Newbury, University of Brighton)
  3. 1979 Badsha's lens don't lie , The Daily News, 19 September 1979
  4. 1979 Boy in veranda. Milton Road, 1979
  5. 1979 Hairdresser. Queen street. 1979
  6. Imijondolo 1979 Photo essay
  7. Imperial Ghetto 1979 Photo essay
  8. 1979 Letter to Farzanah
  9. 1979 Shop keeper's son. Grey street, 1979
  10. 1979 Shopkeeper's son. Grey street. 1979
  11. 1979 Student demonstration. Warwick avenue.1979
  12. 1979 Touting for customers. Victoria street. 1979
  13. 1979 Whitey and friends. Victoria street. 1979

1980s

  1. Narratives 1976 Photo essay
  2. Imijondolo 1979 Photo essay
  3. Imperial Ghetto 1979 Photo essay
  4. 1980 Armed guards at launch of 'Solidarity', a conservative Indian political party. Queen street. 1980
  5. 1980 Armed guards at launch of 'Solidarity', a conservative Indian political party. Queen street. 1980
  6. 1980 Boy in veranda. Milton road. 1980
  7. 1980 Christian wedding. St. Anthony Hall. 1980
  8. 1980 Devotees carrying offerings. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Victoria street. 1980
  9. 1980 Devotees carrying offerings. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Victoria street. 1980
  10. 1980 Devotees go into a trance. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Victoria street. 1980
  11. 1980 Devotees go into a trance. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Victoria street. 1980
  12. 1980 Ismail and Dawood Khan. Field street. 1980
  13. 1980 Mr. Ismail, election candidate for Indian political organisation. Queen street. 1980
  14. 1980 Quilt maker with daughter. Victoria street. 1980
  15. 1980 Rathie players, Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street 1980
  16. 1980 Rathie players, Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street 1980
  17. 1980 Spectator, street performance. Brook street. 1980
  18. 1980 Spectator, street performance. Brook street. 1980
  19. 1981 Abdul Karrim 'Abla'. Stratford road. 1981
  20. 1981 Demonstrators singing revolutionary songs and jeering at security police monitoring protest meeting. St. Anthony's Church, Centenary Road 1981
  21. 1981 Demonstrators singing revolutionary songs and jeering at security police monitoring protest meeting. St. Anthony's Church, Centenary Road 1981
  22. 1981 Devotee with pagoda. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1981
  23. 1981 Devotee with pagoda. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1981
  24. 1981 Disabled worker. Lorne street 1981
  25. 1981 Disabled worker. Lorne street 1981
  26. 1981 Domestic worker. Overport, Durban. 1981
  27. 1981 Dorothy Nyembe, ANC veteran, released from prison after 15 years. 1981
  28. 1981 Dorothy Nyembe, ANC veteran, released from prison after 15 years. 1981
  29. 1981 Florence Mkhize, ANC Women's League leader. Savelle street. 1981
  30. 1981 Funeral. Cemetery, Brook street. 1981
  31. 1981 Man with loudspeakers. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1981
  32. 1981 Man with loudspeakers. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1981
  33. 1981 Mr. Hargovan. Wills road. 1981
  34. 1981 Mr. Hargovan. Wills street. 1981
  35. 1981 Sam Kikine, trade union leader, addressing striking workers. YMCA, Beatrice street. 1981
  36. 1981 Sam Kikine, trade union leader, addressing striking workers. YMCA, Beatrice street. 1981
  37. 1981 Street performance. Victoria street. 1981
  38. 1981 Street performance. Victoria street. 1981
  39. 1981 Street vendor. St. Wendolin, Kwa-Zulu Natal. 1981
  40. 1981 Student marching to funeral of COSAS leader. KwaMashu, 1981
  41. 1982 Bag sorter. Wills road. 1982
  42. 1982 Bag sorter. Wills road. 1982
  43. 1982 Blessing commuters. Warwick avenue. 1982
  44. 1982 Children asleep after all night vigil. 1982
  45. 1982 Children asleep after all night vigil. 1982
  46. 1982 Community protest against bread price increases. Durban. 1982
  47. 1982 Dr. Aubrey Mokoape greeted by Strini Moodley on his release from Robben Island. Durban Central Prison. 1982
  48. 1982 Dr. Aubrey Mokoape greeted by Strini Moodley on his release from Robben Island. Durban Central Prison. 1982
  49. 1982 Funeral of Poomoney Moodley. Clarewood. 1982
  50. 1982 Game of chance. Victoria street. 1982
  51. 1982 Game of chance. Victoria street. 1982
  52. 1982 Game of chance. Victoria street. 1982
  53. 1982 Lovers. Ajmeri Arcade, Grey street. 1982
  54. 1982 Lovers. Ajmeri Arcade, Grey street. 1982
  55. 1982 Morning prayer meeting, pharmacy. Victoria street. 1982
  56. 1982 Mourners. Derby street. 1982
  57. 1982 Mourners. Derby street. 1982
  58. 1982 Mr. And Mrs. Haffajee. North street. 1982
  59. 1982 Mrs. Haffajee. North street. 1982
  60. 1982 Percy's. Grey street. 1982
  61. 1982 Resident, Durban Men's Club. Queen street. 1982
  62. 1982 Sayed Abdul Kadir, healer. Prince Edward street. 1982
  63. 1982 Stage for Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Brook street. 1982
  64. 1982 Stage for Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Brook street. 1982
  65. 1983 Aysha and children. Wills road, 1983
  66. 1983 Aysha and children. Wills road. 1983
  67. 1983 Devotees remove cover from Badsha Pir's tomb. Cemetery, Brook street. 1983
  68. 1983 Dr. Essop Jessat, Mrs. Nokukhanya Luthuli and Mrs. Albertina Sisulu at political conference. Durban. 1983
  69. 1983 Initiate. Transkei, 1983
  70. 1983 Mrs. Sisulu and newly elected executive members, Nozizwe Madlala and Hershella Narsee at NOW founding conference. Diakonia Centre. 1983
  71. 1983 Pensioner walking home after tending her patch in the community vegetable garden. Transkei. 1983
  72. 1983 Preparing food. Orient school, Centenary road. 1983
  73. 1983 Scrap collector, Victoria street 1983
  74. 1983 Union meeting. Kajee Hall, Leopold street. 1983
  75. 1983 Workers on strike. Durban. 1983
  76. 1984 90 Fighting Years
  77. 1984 Demolished building. Grey street. 1984
  78. 1984 Devotees praying. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1984
  79. 1984 Devotee suffering from cancer being blessed. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1984
  80. 1984 Devotee suffering from cancer being blessed. Muharram celebrations. Stratford road. 1984
  81. 1984 Hari Krishna devotees. Grey street. 1984
  82. 1984 Hari Krishna devotees. Grey street 1984
  83. 1984 Migrant worker with son, Patel's refreshment house. Brook street. 1984
  84. 1984 Mr. Naidoo, cook. Patel's Refreshment House, Brook street. 1984
  85. 1984 Scrap collector. Victoria street. 1984
  86. 1984 Shop workers discuss strike action at Parish Centre. Durban. 1984
  87. 1984 Tailor and partner. Grey street. 1984
  88. 1984 Tailor and partner. Grey street. 1984
  89. 1984 Victoria Mxenge, UDF leader. YMCA, Beatrice street. 1984
  90. 1984 Victoria Mxenge, UDF leader. YMCA, Beatrice street. 1984
  91. 1985 Ahmed Soni, proprietor, Avalon café. Victoria street. 1985
  92. 1985 Ahmed Soni, Proprietor Avalon café. Victoria street. 1985
  93. 1985 Imijondolo
  94. 1985 Member of Social Club. Leopold street. 1985
  95. 1985 Mr. Khan. Lorne street. 1985
  96. 1985 Mr. Khan. Lorne street. 1985
  97. 1985 Nozizwe Madlala president of NOW and other executive members beside the coffin of slain NOW leader Victoria Mxenge. University of Natal. 1985
  98. 1985 Traditional healer. Queen street. 1985
  99. 1985 Women protestors. Cato Manor. 1985
  100. 1986 Ex-gangster and women, brothel. Wills road. 1986
  101. 1986 Florence Mkhize and Lamontville student leadership meeting with Department of Education officials. 1986
  102. 1986 Garment worker. Queen street. 1986
  103. 1986 Garment worker. Queen street. 1986
  104. 1986 Herbalist. Queen street. 1986
  105. 1986 Herbalist. Queen street. 1986
  106. 1986 Hindu statuettes. Milton road. 1986
  107. 1986 Hindu statuettes. Milton road. 1986
  108. 1986 Inkatha rally to mark June 16th. Curries Fountain. 1986
  109. 1986 Mr. Naidoo, Hindu priest. Milton road. 1986
  110. 1986 Singers leading the procession. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1986
  111. 1986 Singers leading the procession. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1986
  112. 1986 Singers leading the procession. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1986
  113. 1986 Singers leading the procession. Badsha Pir birthday celebrations. Grey street. 1986
  114. 1986 South Africa: The Cordoned Heart
  115. 1986 Thakor Ravjee and son. Sitap Mandil (temple), Prince Edward street, 1986
  116. 1986 Thakor Ravjee and son. Sitap Mandil (Temple), Prince Edward street. 1986
  117. 1986 Worker's play. A.I. Kajee Hall, Leopold street. 1986
  118. 1989 South Africa: Beyond The Barricades

1990s

  1. Road to Tadkeshwar 1995 Photo essay
  2. 1999 Interview with Omar Badsha by Mary Marshall Clark, Johannesburg, August 7 1999

2000s

  1. 2001 Imperial Ghetto
  2. Road to Harar 2001 Photo essay
  3. 2002 Amulets & dreams
  4. 2002 Twelfth anniversary celebration of the overthrow of the Mengistu regime. Hara, 2002
  5. 2002 Twelfth anniversary celebration of the overthrow of the Mengistu regime. Hara, 2002
  6. 2002 With Our Own Hands

2010s

  1. 2010 Under the Umdoni Tree: The Art of Ebrahim & Omar Badsha at the Durban Art Gallery
  2. 2015 Activist, photographer Badsha's work on display, Daily News, 08 October 2015
  3. 2015 Badsha Brilliance, The Mercury, 1 October 2015
  4. 2015 One-Man Revolution: Omar Badsha's Latest Exhibition has been called a landmark by Sean O'Toole, 18 July 2015
  5. 2015 Video: Omar Badsha (Artist and Photographer) talks about Seedtime retrospective
  6. 2016 Article on Omar Badsha's Photography in the Kulula in-flight magazine (March 2016)
  7. 2016 SEEDTIME - Omar Badsha a retrospective
  8. 2017 Seedtimes - Omar Badsha a retrospective
  9. 2019 Getting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019

Undated

  1. A.K. Shembe leads his followers on the anniversary of the founders death
  2. Amouti. Kwa-Zulu Natal
  3. A prayer to open a meting of the Amouti Residents Association
  4. A prayer to open a meting of the Amouti Residents Association
  5. At the graveside
  6. At the graveside
  7. Awaiting dignitaries at the unveiling of a statue of the founder of the church
  8. Badsha Pir tomb.
  9. Bible reading. Shembe village
  10. Bible reading. Shembe village
  11. Brickyard worker, off-shift. Amouti
  12. Carrying mud to plaster newly built home. Amouti
  13. Carrying mud to plaster newly built home. Amouti
  14. Child bride fetching water. Near Woldia
  15. Children at protest meeting. Lamontville, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  16. Children playing, Woldia
  17. Children playing shop. Amouti
  18. Classroom interior. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu /natal
  19. Delegates to housing conference. Tamil Vedic Hall
  20. Delegates to housing conference. Tamil Vedic Hall
  21. Delegates to housing conference. Tamil Vedic Hall
  22. Disabled mineworker and family. Transkei
  23. Domestic worker
  24. Easter play. Pondoland, Transkei
  25. Family outside Woldia
  26. Farmers. Woldia
  27. Farmers attending market. Harar
  28. Farzanah and great-grandmother. Durban
  29. Food aid. Lalibela
  30. Food aid. Lalibela
  31. From the house on Douglas Lane by Nechama Brodie
  32. Funeral of the Induna
  33. Funeral of the Induna
  34. Funeral of two ANC soldiers killed in clashes with police outside Stanger. KwaMashu, Kwa-Zulu Natal 1984l
  35. Helen Joseph at funeral of Victoria Mxenge
  36. Imijondolo Exhibition
  37. Imperial Ghetto Exhibition
  38. Imperial Ghetto OB36P
  39. Inanda. Kwa-Zulu Natal
  40. India OB01
  41. India OB02
  42. India OB03
  43. India OB05
  44. India OB06
  45. India OB07
  46. India OB08
  47. India OB09
  48. India OB10
  49. India OB12
  50. India OB13
  51. India OB14
  52. India OB15
  53. India OB16
  54. India OB17
  55. India OB18
  56. India OB19
  57. India OB20
  58. India OB21
  59. India OB22
  60. India OB23
  61. India OB24
  62. India OB25
  63. India OB26
  64. India OB27
  65. India OB59
  66. India OB60
  67. India OB61
  68. India OB62
  69. Induna and clerk, pension payout point, Mamba store
  70. Induna and clerk, pension payout point, Mamba store
  71. Induna Nkonyane. Amouti
  72. Induna Nkonyane. Amouti
  73. Inkatha pall bearers at funeral of Induna Nkonyane
  74. Inkatha pall bearers at funeral of Induna Nkonyane
  75. Interior of home. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  76. Interior of pensioners home. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  77. Interior of pensioners home. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  78. Ismail Meer speaking at protest meeting. Phoenix, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  79. Mass meeting. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  80. Meqoqo: He Forces Us All To See Differently - Omar Badsha In Conversation By Linda Fekisi
  81. Morning Market Café, Victoria street
  82. Mr. And Mrs. Seedat. Newcastle, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  83. Mr. Rogers Ngcobo, chairman of the Inanda liaison committee and major land owner, addressing residents of Amouti about the new development plan for Amouti
  84. Mr. Rogers Ngcobo, chairman of the Inanda liaison committee and major land owner, addressing residents of Amouti about the new development plan for Amouti
  85. Mrs. Cooper enquiring about the release of her son, Sats Cooper, from prison. Durban
  86. Narratives Exhibition
  87. Narratives 3F
  88. Narratives 52-3e
  89. Narratives 126
  90. Narratives 198172b
  91. Narratives m2-2d
  92. Narratives OB-N-66-F
  93. Narratives OB-N-75-F
  94. Narratives OB-N-91-F
  95. Narratives OB-N-97-F
  96. Narratives OB-N-98-F
  97. Narratives OB-N-100-F
  98. Narratives OB-N-125-F
  99. Natal Indian Congress leader RD Naidoo speaking after breaking his hunger strike. Durban
  100. Omar Badsha : Artist & Photographer
  101. Omar Badsha: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
  102. Omar Badsha Receives Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University
  103. On the road to Lalibela
  104. Pensioner
  105. Pensioner being carried in to collect her money. She died a few weeks later
  106. Pensioner being carried in to collect her money. She died a few weeks later
  107. Pensioners. Mamba store, Amouti
  108. Pensioners. Mamba store, Amouti
  109. People at prayer. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  110. Photographer. Shembe village
  111. Photographers and their archives #1 – Interview with Omar Badsha
  112. Praise poem for the photographer Omar Badsha by Neelika Jayawardane
  113. Preparing food. Orient School, Centenary road1983
  114. Resident. St. Wendolin, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  115. Resident. St. Wendolin, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  116. Revisions: Omar Badsha by Gabi Ngcobo
  117. Road to Harar, Ethiopia Exhibition
  118. Road to Tadkeshwar Exhibition
  119. Sangoma, meat seller. Amouti
  120. seedtime cover revert Exhibition
  121. Seedtime Retrospective - a review by Khehla Chepape Makgato (ampersandonline)
  122. Seedtimes: An Omar Badsha Retrospective Exhibition
  123. Seeing and Being Seen: Politics, Art and the Everyday in Omar Badsha's Durban Photography, 1960s-1980s by Patricia Hayes
  124. Shebeen. Kimberely, Northern Cape
  125. Shembe village
  126. Shembe village
  127. Shembe village
  128. Shembe village
  129. Soldiers on exercise. Near Dessie
  130. South Africa chromatic portraits extract Omar Badsha
  131. Stevedore and wife. Amouti
  132. Stevedore and wife. Amouti
  133. Struggle shooter puts the ‘fist and flag’ label to rest by Tymon Smith
  134. Student demonstrations. Lamontville High, Durban
  135. Student meeting. Lamontville, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  136. Students protest after the assassination of Victoria Mxenge. West street, Durban
  137. Tanks abandoned on old battlefield. Near Woldia
  138. Teacher with her class of eighty children. Amouti
  139. Teacher with her class of eighty children. Amouti
  140. The visibility of invisible moments by Ashraf Jamal
  141. Trade union meeting. Cape Town
  142. Weaving baskets. Amouti
  143. Weaving mats. Shembe village
  144. Weaving mats. Shembe village
  145. Widow at husband's graveside. Amouti
  146. Widow of the Induna at graveside. Amouti
  147. Widow of the Induna at graveside. Amouti
  148. Widow pleads for assistance at mass meeting held in Amouti to discuss removals
  149. Widow pleads for assistance at mass meeting held in Amouti to discuss removals
  150. Women at communal water point. Kemise
  151. Women at protest meeting against removals. Inanda, Kwa-Zulu Natal
  152. Worshippers. Lalibela
  153. Worshippers. Lalibela