“I Saw a Nightmare…”
Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
by Helena Pohlandt-McCormick

Table of Contents


AcknowledgmentsReaders' Guide
IntroductionThe NarrativeOfficial StoriesThe ParticipantsAfrikaansMemory and ViolenceFinal ThoughtsArchive
AbbreviationsGlossary

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Matjile's bottle store, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Makholokoe trading store, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Small crowd in front of Makholokoe trading store, Orlando East. Source: SAB K345
Destroyed bottle store, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Looted store, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
People viewing damage to bottle store, Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Looters with alcohol; note on picture: "... besig om drank ..." (... busy taking alcohol ...), Alexandra. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Aerial view: building, Soweto. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Aerial view: truck, Soweto. June 1976. Source: SAB K345
Cyril Victor bar interior. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Cyril Victor bar with broken till. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Last Chance beer hall. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store inside, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store office, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store: broken roofing, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store burned interior. Note: "Nadat die Polisie Onttrek en dit Geplunder en Aan Brand Gesteek is" [after the police withdrew and it was looted and burned], Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store exterior, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Bottle store exterior, Thokoza. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Photograph album 38 with Thokoza bottle store photographs. June to September 1976. Source: SAB K345
Indingilize bottle store. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Beer hall. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Bottle store, Dobsonville. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Broken window. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Supermarket, Dobsonville. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Shopping center, Dobsonville. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Market, Jabulani. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Interior of market, Jabulani. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328
Bottle store safe, Moletsane. Source: SAB K345, exhibit 328