# Omar Badsha

> Omar Badsha is a South African documentary photographer, artist, political and trade union activist and historian. He is a self-taught artist. He has exhibited his art in South Africa and internationally. In 2015, he won the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Art. In 2017, he received an honorary doctorate Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), for his groundbreaking work in the field of documentary photography in South Africa. He was also awarded a Presidential honor The Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for "His commitment to the preservation of our country's history through ground-breaking and well-balanced research, and collection of profiles and events of the struggle for liberation."

*South African artist and activist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1945
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.7
- **Momentum:** 1.1

## Sources
- [Omar Badsha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Badsha)
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- [Omar Badsha](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Badsha)
- [Omar Badsha](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Badsha)
- [Omar Badsha](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Badsha)
- [Omar Badsha](https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Badsha)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7089647)

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