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Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… particularly in the “ethnic and cultural melting pot of Sophiatown, the legendary demolished suburb of Johannesburg. …
Document 39 - “Walter Sisulu, “Boycott as a Political Weapon”, Liberation, 23, February 1957
… in less than two weeks; and in such diverse areas as Sophiatown, and W.N.T. in less than two days-this is a …
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… this Act aimed to effect the removal of Africans from Sophiatown to Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg. Riotous …
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… very beginning. Her family endured the forced removal from Sophiatown in the 1950s and relocated to Soweto, one of the …
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… and his brother Pascal, and four of their siblings to the Sophiatown neighborhood in Johannesburg. Lionel’s father set …
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… buy land. In Johannesburg we hear about the removal of Sophiatown and the Western Native Township but it is not said … buy land. In Johannesburg we hear…
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
… Sundays, were taken up with attending meetings, often in Sophiatown. I was, as yet, no public speaker, but I used to … individuals. Father Trevor Huddleston,…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… and in the course of the day trouble flared in the Benoni, Sophiatown, Orlando, Alexandra and Brakpan townships which … in racially exclusive areas (with a…
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… at Cape Town and Johannesburg in an area called Sophiatown, which was the epicenter of politics, jazz, and …
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… were equally critical at this stage. The campaign to save Sophiatown and the anti-pass campaigns were considered …
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… were required to carry passes. Black communities, such as Sophiatown , were being forcefully relocated to townships. …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… first daughter, Bongi. In her early twenties, she lived in Sophiatown, where the music scene was very diverse. She began …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… publications. 1987 Don Mattera wrote an account of life in Sophiatown, and its destruction, in Memory is the Weapon . …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… against the shooting and killing of two Africans in Sophiatown . 8 July, The ANC deputation comprising of Dr A.B. …
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… the form of pitched battles between them and the police at Sophiatown, Newclare, Krugersdorp, Nelspruit, etc. But the …
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
… Theatre Company (present during the CASA Festival with Sophiatown). One Sunday in 1978 everyone painted a collective …
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… solidarity. The boycott spread immediately to Sophiatown and Lady Selborne in Pretoria - and to … and 50% effective elsewhere on the Rand. Now, while…
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… and Chaplain at an Orphanage for Coloured Children in Sophiatown. He lived in a rondavel in the grounds of the …
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… a call to action and the result overwhelming. Many areas (Sophiatown in particular) stayed home in large numbers and … In the evening crowds collected at…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… found themselves squeezed into freehold areas such as Sophiatown, Martindale or Newclare, or forced to live in the …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… killing of two Africans and wounding one African at Sophiatown, June 15th, 1941. b. Police raid and shooting near … June. (5) Alleged assault of Pregnant…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… his film Come Back, Africa. It was a docu-drama about Sophiatown, featured a young Miriam Makeba, and was the first …
3. The Communist Party of South Africa and the Communist International
… the back of her grandmother's residence at 31 Bertha St in Sophiatown. 51 Although they were supposed to be salaried … leader. On one occasion Nzula reminded…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… African Railways. He married Maria, a young lass from Sophiatown. Do you remember that place? Bishop Trevor …
Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Lecture by President Jacob Zuma, 7 September 2012, Kimberley, Northern Cape
… ban ended, he flew to Johannesburg to address a meeting in Sophiatown to protest the Western Areas Removal Scheme. Upon …
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… In the Western Areas campaign, the Doctor, who is a Sophiatown landowner, maintained his own separate landowners' …
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… was stabbed. On the Monday morning a raiding party of Sophiatown 'volunteers' led by Segale, leader of one of the …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… against the shooting and killing of two Africans in Sophiatown . 8 July, The ANC deputation comprising of Dr A.B. …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The World The Workers Made
… Prospect Township, Pimville, Doomnfontein, Vrededorp and Sophiatown in Johannesburg and Marabastad in Pretoria. In …
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
… (SUBJECTS: Staffrider (Magazine) ; Drum (Magazine) ; Sophiatown ; The Classic (Magazine) ; Black Consciousness ; … (SUBJECTS: Staffrider (Magazine) ; Drum …