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| − | [[Township]] is the name used to refer to the urban ghetto where [[black]] South African citizens were required to live | + | [[Township]] is the name used to refer to the urban ghetto where [[black]] South African citizens were required to live in [[colonial]] times (1852-1947) as well as the [[apartheid]] regime (1948-1994). |
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Formally known as a "[[Location]]" ("[[Lokasie]]" in [[Afrikaans]]) | Formally known as a "[[Location]]" ("[[Lokasie]]" in [[Afrikaans]]) | ||
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== Township theatre == | == Township theatre == | ||
| + | == The [[township musical]] == | ||
| + | A term used to refer to a uniquely South African form of musical melodrama which evolved in the various black urban townships of South Africa, also as a particularly powerful form of political and protest theatre. | ||
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== Township venues == | == Township venues == | ||
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After the fall of [[Apartheid]] and the new dispensation in 1994, the townships gradually became larger and economically more empowered. Also a number of new venues arose, including the [[Soweto Theatre]] in Jabulani (2012), | After the fall of [[Apartheid]] and the new dispensation in 1994, the townships gradually became larger and economically more empowered. Also a number of new venues arose, including the [[Soweto Theatre]] in Jabulani (2012), | ||
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Revision as of 06:32, 12 May 2019
Township is the name used to refer to the urban ghetto where black South African citizens were required to live in colonial times (1852-1947) as well as the apartheid regime (1948-1994).
Contents
General definition of the word township
South African definition and use of the term
Formally known as a "Location" ("Lokasie" in Afrikaans)
Specific townshhips
Langa
Sophiatown
Soweto
Townships and theatre
Township theatre
The township musical
A term used to refer to a uniquely South African form of musical melodrama which evolved in the various black urban townships of South Africa, also as a particularly powerful form of political and protest theatre.
See further Township musical
Township venues
A reference to venues in urban, (black) townships utilized for theatrical performances. These ranged from formal Community Halls, school and church halls to private homes, shebeens, streets and grave-sides.
After the fall of Apartheid and the new dispensation in 1994, the townships gradually became larger and economically more empowered. Also a number of new venues arose, including the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani (2012),
Theatre in Soweto
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