Building a new South Africa : one conversation at a time

Building a new South Africa : one conversation at a time /

Once a thriving, multiracial community, the Sophiatown suburb of Johannesburg was home to many famous artists, musicians, and poets. It was also a place where residential apartheid was first put into practice with forced removals, buildings bulldozed, and the construction of new, cheap housing for w...

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Other Authors: Morgan, Karie L. (Editor), Thelen, David (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Social change > South Africa > Johannesburg.
Community development > South Africa > Johannesburg.
Neighborhoods > Social aspects > South Africa > Johannesburg.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
HISTORY / Africa / South / General
Community development
Neighborhoods > Social aspects
Social change
Social conditions
Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa) > Social conditions.
South Africa > Johannesburg
South Africa > Johannesburg > Sophiatown
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Table of Contents:
  • Getting acquainted with neighbours on the block
  • Visualising a shared place and making a shared past
  • Making family around mealtimes
  • Becoming neighbours and creating community
  • Experiencing change
  • Epilogue / Pastor Desmond Sheik.

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