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Soweto is credited as one of the founding places for Kwaito and Kasi rap, which is a style of hip hop specific to South Africa. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] This form of music, which combined many elements of house music , American hip-hop, and traditional African music, became a strong force amongst black South Africans.
Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg. Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm. The farm was named after the klipspruit (rocky stream) that runs nearby.
But as Zulu is the dominant language in Soweto, and as Sotho in Soweto often unifies Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi in one single variety and is the second most popular language in the township, Iscamtho is more often used "in" Zulu or "in" Sotho. Tsotsitaal has been a model for Iscamtho, due to the cultural prestige of Sophiatown.
Baines, Gary. "The Master Narrative of South Africa's Liberation Struggle: Remembering and Forgetting 16 June 1976, International Journal of African Historical Studies (2007) 40#2 pp. 283–302 in JSTOR; Brewer, John D. After Soweto: an unfinished journey (Oxford University Press, 1986) Hirson, Baruch. "Year of Fire, Year of Ash.
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Meadowlands is a suburb of Soweto, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was founded in the early 1950s during the apartheid era for black residents from Sophiatown . History
The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is the house on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962. It is located at number 8115, at the corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane streets, a short distance up the road from Tutu House , the home of Archbishop Emeritus ...
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