Omar Badsha is considered one of the early pioneers of South African Resistance Art. He became an anti-apartheid activist in his high schools days and went on to play a significant role in this country’s liberation history undergoing periods of detention and harassment, hence the barbed wire depicted. He was one of the activists who revived the Natal Indian Congress in the 1970s and the independent left wing trade union movement that grew out of the famous 1973 Durban strikes. He has authored a number of photographic books and is a co-founder of Afrapix.