{"id":29014,"date":"2026-04-27T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/?page_id=29014"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:31:15","slug":"fragments-of-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/fragments-of-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fragments of (South) Africa: Stories and faces of Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fragments of (South) Africa: stories and faces of Johannesburg<\/h1><\/div>

Chiara Granata and Federico Parolo <\/span><\/p>\n

A mosaic of testimonies, glances and encounters born in the heart of the “Rainbow Nation.” A photographic and narrative book to discover South Africa<\/span> through the voices of those who live in and pass through it every day.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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South Africa slapped us in the face and melted our hearts, showing us fierce contradictions alongside moving leaps of fraternity.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Chiara and Federico<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The genesis of the book<\/div><\/h2><\/div>

Fragments of (South) Africa<\/span><\/i> was conceived within the walls of the Scalabrinian Mission at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in La Rochelle, Johannesburg. South Africa is a country of a thousand faces and a thousand facets, characterized by staggering complexity. It has shown us fierce contradictions alongside moving displays of brotherhood.<\/span> <\/p>\n

This book is not meant to talk about South Africa in our own voice, but to let the country tell its story through the words of the people we met: friends, acquaintances, South Africans and migrants. Each person handed over a piece of their story, entrusting a part of themselves to us.<\/span> Each fragment joins the others to create a mosaic of joys, sorrows, labors and hopes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>