Soweto Homes

Soweto and Field Band Performance

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July 26th 2008
The morning began with a bus tour of Soweto. Soweto is a township just outside of Johannesburg that was created by the apartheid government. Soweto is known for its 1976 student uprisings that brought world attention to the gross inequities of South African education during apartheid. Although many people associate Soweto with extreme poverty, there is a wide variety of homes that exist there - ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more