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… music was also heavily influenced in the 1940s and 1950s by American music and American movies. Hollywood's two … out a pennywhistle and begin to play innocently. By the 1950s penny whistle music and dance parties were a major … form, called the phata-phata (touch-touch). During the 1950s studios used professional jazz musicians to back the …

… the naming of the stadium 'Curries Fountain'.   1920s-1950s Curries was used as a general sporting facility for …

… across Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State. 1950s South African music came into International prominence … and Letta Mbulu gained fanatical followings. Later in the 1950s a new black urban music culture started to emerge in … a central figure in the African jazz scene throughout the 1950s. By the early 1960s, she was an international star and …

… people with little else to cheer about. Moroka Swallows (1950s) After the Second World War and the rise of apartheid, … into close contact with formal resistance politics. In the 1950s and 1960s, the daunting obstacles faced by African …

… leadership in 1945. Due to more militant protests, by the 1950s and 1960s several of the NIC?s leaders were in jail. … in 1961. Due to these more militant protests, by the 1950s and 1960s several of the NIC?s leaders were in jail. …

… different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the 1950s, mbaqanga/maskhandi of the hostel dwellers, bubblegum … slums and mensetaal (People's language) of the 1940s and 1950s. This language is made up of Afrikaans and a mixture of …

… associated themselves with the non-racial policy of the 1950s Congress Alliance. The Transvaal Indian Congress was …

… Throughout the 1940s and during the first half of the 1950s more family migrants entered Orlando while single males … to a single room. Throughout the 1940s and early in the 1950s Sophiatown’s population continued to grow. When the NP … males entering Sophiatown in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s were predominantly, though not exclusively, from the …