Omar Badsha (born 27 June 1945) is a South African documentary photographer, artist, political and trade union activist and historian.

[4] 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.

[3] His artistry was impacted by his father's zest for Arabic calligraphy, the artwork of Cecil Skotnes and later, in life by the work of Dumile Feni.

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.

[10] They took photojournalistic photographs of effects and impact of apartheid with the aim to create a picture library and "stimulate documentary photography".

An exhibition of the photographs included in the Second Carnegie Commission on Poverty and Development study was held at The University of Cape Town.

[15] The book features 67 photographs of Black children living in apartheid South Africa along with key newspaper articles.