Dazed / Dazed & Confused Vol. 2 · Issue 15
Future + Positive — The South Africa Issue / Ten Years of Freedom
July 2004 Vol. 2 Issue 15 of Dazed & Confused, conceived as “The South Africa Issue” and published around the tenth anniversary of South Africa’s first democratic elections.
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- Dazed / Dazed & Confused
- Condition
- Very Good — structurally sound and attractive copy with light handling wear, superficial rubbing and fine scuffing to the glossy covers, plus modest edge/spine wear visible in the supplied photographs.
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages/components present under the standing TMR completeness rule; no missing separately issued supplement, wrap, poster, disc or insert has been reported.
- Date
- July 2004
Catalogue note
July 2004 Vol. 2 Issue 15 of Dazed & Confused, conceived as “The South Africa Issue” and published around the tenth anniversary of South Africa’s first democratic elections. The issue combines youth culture, politics, fashion, music and social history: the cover project was made with young people living with HIV in Johannesburg; inside are features on Freedom Day, the AIDS crisis, kwaito star Zola, Hugh Masekela, Mzwakhe Mbuli, Helen Suzman, Desmond Tutu, Bono, Bob Geldof, South African contemporary art and Xhosa initiation. Dazed later selected this cover among ten that defined significant cultural moments in the magazine’s history, making the object a particularly strong primary record of how an international style magazine framed post-apartheid South Africa in 2004.
Why this object matters
The South Africa issue documents a deliberate editorial engagement with HIV, youth culture and ten years of democracy. Its complete original form retains Gold at 9.2 as evidence of that international magazine perspective, not an exhaustive account of South Africa.
Evidence limits: Complete — all pages/components present under the standing TMR completeness rule; no missing separately issued supplement, wrap, poster, disc or insert has been reported.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.2 / 10 · Gold Star.
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