okayafrica Photo by Toka Hlongwane.
The Rider (2017), Mashishing, Limpopo. Toka Hlongwaneâs Photo Series âImpilo ka Darkieâ Aims to Give an Insight Into Black South Africansâ Experiences
With his latest photo series,
Impilo ka Darkie , South African photographer Toka Hlongwane offers an imperfect but compelling insight into the lives of the people he has encountered through his travels.
Toka Hlongwane is a Johannesburg-based documentary photographer whose work often casts a lens on society s underclass. His most recent photo series,
Impilo ka Darkie, shot over five years, is Hlongwane s attempt to answer two questions: what does it mean to be Black? And, above that, what is the measure of Black life?