The Beautiful Struggle

A brand new view of Africa, full of confidence and attitude: this is street style in South African Townships. Style - the way to a better life. South Africa's townships burst with creativity. They are the meeting-place for traditional African culture and global youth cultures. The Beautiful Struggle depicts this encounter. Hip-Hop culture has reached South Africa and is reinterpreted according to local conditions. Styles in fashion, dance and music are a way out of poverty. Tomorrow's global subcultures are born in the big cities of the Third world.Figlan, Mlami is the author of 'The Beautiful Struggle', published 2007 under ISBN 9789197398152 and ISBN 9197398152.