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522- The Comrades

99% Invisible

The Greatest Race of All - The Marathon of Life

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In a country where almost everything was segregated, the comrades was mixed. For Black South Africans who watched the race in that era, the comrades wasn't just a stunning athletic feat. "It looked in many ways, like a parallel universe," says Rami Anosia Jali.

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