Durban`s Casbah by Ashwin Desai & Goolam Vahed

This book encapsulates one of the great stories of South African cities. It is at once a typical and unique story. The unfolding narratives capture the rich and colourful lives of political activists, pastors and moulanas, movie-house moguls, café owners, lawyers and gangsters, shopkeepers and workers, snooker players and ballroom dancers, and many more. Born at the height of settler colonialism, the Casbah was a living example of what a post-apartheid city could look like.