Colony
The term colony refers to a political concept, i.e. a subservient country (e.g. under a colonialist regime, such as Dutch, Portuguese , French, German and and British colonial histories in Southern Africa)
It also features in South Africa in the name of The Colony, a performance venue and nightclub in Johannesburg. (See The Colony)
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The Colony, Hyde Park
The Colony was a nightclub venue in the Hyde Park Hotel, Johannesburg. Leon Gluckman’s revue, Wait a Minim! was staged here in 1962 with musicians Andrew Tracey and Paul Tracey, Kendrew Lascelles and Jeremy Taylor. Anthony Farmer was the set designer. They toured the country for eleven months, **** (Tucker, 1997)
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