Life - Soweto Style (Photographs)

Mark Lanning, Neil Roake, Glynis Horning, Life - Soweto Style. Cape Town: Struik, 2003.

Small square quarto, hard cover, dustwrapper, 160 pages, superbly illustrated.

Owner's name at the head of the front free endpaper. Near fine condition.

'Soweto is a unique, cosmopolitan African experience - one of the largest black cities on the continent, with an eclectic mix of ethnic groups from South Africa and beyond, many holding proudly to their traditional cultural heritage while enthusiastically embracing the modern western way of life.

'In visits over two years, photographer Mark Lanning, creative director and foodie Neil Roake and writer Glynis Horning set about capturing the warmth, creative energy, adaptability, faith, community spirit and indomitable humour of Soweto's people, as reflected in their fashion, music, homes, taverns, businesses and distinctive cuisine.

'It's a pilgrimage the three urge every tourist, and every South African, to make at least once. Life - Soweto Style will inspire such a trip, and provide a vivid reminder of it afterwards.'