A DRAIN ON OUR DIGNITY: AN INSIDERS PERSPECTIVE BY MASIXOLE FENI

A DRAIN ON OUR DIGNITY: AN INSIDERS PERSPECTIVE BY MASIXOLE FENI. SOFT COVER, 93 PAGES, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, 2017, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. 

Photojournalist Masixole Feni, the first black winner of the 2017 Ernest Cole award, showcases his work in A Drain on our Dignity: An Insider's Perspective. It portrays issues such as evictions, poor infrastructure, lack of sanitation, water scarcity, and overpopulation in black communities. As Feni says, "I live at the back of an RDP house in Mfuleni on the Cape Flats. I experience issues like poor sanitation, access to clean water and the flooding first hand". Photographing the lack of sanitation was unpleasant, but he did not want a photographer from outside the community telling their stories while he watched on.