Peter Magubane, South African photographer who documented apartheid, dies aged 91

Veteran photojournalist doctor Peter Magubane looks on during the funeral of Albertina Sisulu, a leading light of the former anti-apartheid movement and widow of an early mentor of Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg, South Africa June 11, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Peter Magubane, the renowned artist-photographer who shed light on the everyday struggles of Black South Africans for decades under apartheid, died on Monday. He was 91.

After joining Drum magazine in 1955, Magubane gained prominence as one of the few Black photographers covering the repressive era.