Township

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General definition

South African definition

Soweto

The township musical

A term used to refer to a uniquely South African form of musical melodrama which evolved in the black urban townships of South Africa.

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Township theatre

Theatre in Soweto

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),

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