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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. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] 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.
Walter Sisulu Square, formally known as the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, is located in the heart of Kliptown in Soweto, South Africa. [1]This location was the site where, on 26 June 1955, the Congress of the People, met to draw up the Freedom Charter, an alternative vision to the repressive policies of the apartheid state.
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"S. Africa marking Soweto uprising" – BBC; Guardian Unlimited audio recording of Antoinette Sithole (Pieterson) on the Soweto uprising; An extensive mashup with info on the events on 16 June 1976; Youth and the National Liberation Struggle 1894–1994, South African History Online; The June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising, South African History Online
The Congress of the People, consisting of around 3,000 people, gathered in Kliptown, part of Soweto (a large township outside Johannesburg) on 26 June 1955 in a field surrounded by chicken-wire to give it a lawful claim of being a private gathering, [5] [6] so that it was not prevented from assembling by the South African government. [5]
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The past can be quite fascinating.Those of us living in the present find it really interesting what life was like 50, 100, or even a 1,000 years ago. Luckily, we can go almost 200 years to the ...