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Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA)
Socio-economics in Sophiatown
The economic activity of children African children living in Sophiatown were particularly vulnerable to the harshness of urban life…
Solomon Mahlangu Gallery
Some ideas for using the Mapungubwe poster in the classroom
Some material found in the book
Sona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
To many, modern mathematics and Africa are not synonymous. Open any school mathematics book and the role of African scholars has been…
Songhai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
Overview, West Africa and the rise of the Songhai Empire West Africa is home to many of Africa's oldest kingdoms. These kingdoms played…
Sophiatown in Literature
An Invaluable Historical Source The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of prose writers, novelists, playwrights and poets…
Sophiatown Timeline
Pre-1860s South Africa is still a predominantly agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South African history when…
Sophiatown timeline 1899-1955
1899Herman Tobiansky purchases land from the Johannesburg Municipality to develop as a residential area.1912Sophiatown has the first of its…
Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
Sotho (South Sotho or Basotho) people are concentrated in the Free State, Gauteng and Eastern Cape Provinces, with small groups in Namibia…