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SOWETO

[acronym for south-west townships], city (1991 pop. 596,632), located 10 mi (16 km) SW of Johannesburg, South Africa. Soweto grew as black workers came to the industrialized area after World War I; the name for the city was collective term for what was originally a group of segregated townships inhabited by blacks. In 1976, Soweto was the scene of a massive uprising that began as a student protest against the government's use of Afrikaans in black schools. The rebellion soon became a violent expression of outrage at blacks' inferior position under the South African policies of apartheid; it spread to other cities and more than 600 were killed as the revolt was put down. Needed improvements in infrastructure, electrification, and living standards have been made since the 1980s.

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Lessons of Struggle: South African Internal Opposition, 1960-1990
Book by Anthony W. Marx; Oxford University Press, 1992
Subjects:	Anti-Apartheid Movements--South Africa--History, Blacks--South Africa--Politics And Government, Labor Unions, Black--South Africa--Political Activity, South Africa--History--Soweto Uprising, 1976
...the Storm , pp. 201-2; and Kane-Berman, Soweto , p. 50. 117. Kane-Berman, Soweto , p. 51; Brooks and Brickhill, Whirlwind...Whirlwind Before the Storm , p. 178; Kane Berman , Soweto , pp. 48-83. 120. Hirson, Year of Fire...

Magical Interpretations, Material Realities: Modernity, Witchcraft, and the Occult in Postcolonial Africa
Book by Henrietta L. Moore, Todd Sanders; Routledge, 2001
Subjects:	Witchcraft--Africa, Sub-Saharan
...9). Furthermore, almost everyone in Soweto has some formal schooling, with at least...of invisible forces in post-apartheid Soweto also takes place within a context marked...fieldwork conducted during the 1990s in Soweto, problems of spiritual insecurity, that...

The Church Struggle in South Africa
Book by John De Gruchy, Steve De Gruchy; Fortress Press, 2005
Subjects:	Race Relations--Religious Aspects--Christianity, South Africa--Church History, South Africa--Race Relations
...impact on South African consciousness as Soweto, nor did they stir the sympathetic imagination of others throughout the world. Soweto began as a childrens crusade. Black students...confrontation on a massive scale. Observers in Soweto spoke of the bewildered spontaneity of...

Black Consciousness in South Africa: The Dialectics of Ideological Resistance to White Supremacy
Book by Robert Fatton; State University of New York Press, 1986
Subjects:	Blacks--Race Identity--South Africa, Blacks--South Africa--Politics And Government, Blacks--South Africa--Social Conditions, South Africa--Politics And Government--1961-1978, South Africa--Politics And Government--1978-, South Africa--Race Relations, South Africa--Social Conditions--1961-, White Supremacy Movements--South Africa--History
...Brooks and Brickhill: By the time of the Soweto uprisings SASM was fully fledged as a...there are accounts of open meetings in Soweto branches attended by more than 200 youngsters...that SASM had a profound impact on the Soweto uprisings through the Soweto Students...

War and Peace in Southern Africa: Crime, Drugs, Armies, and Trade
Book by Robert I. Rotberg, Greg Mills; The Brookings Institution, 1998
Subjects:	Africa, Southern--Emigration And Immigration, Crime--Africa, Southern
...Zambia, Angola, and Kenya. Even though Soweto has no single criminal organization...dissolve, the distinctive world that is Soweto--the style setter for southern Africa...northern suburbs of Johannesburg, worked in Soweto, and sold in Lusaka or Nairobi. The...

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The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprisings: Reading the Shadow in Sam Nzima's Iconic Photograph of Hector Pieterson
Journal article by Ruth Kerkham Simbao; African Arts, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects:	Apartheid--Portrayals, Nzima, Sam--Works, Pieterson, Hector--Portrayals, South African history--Portrayals, South African history--Social aspects, Soweto Uprising, 1976--Portrayals
The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprisings: Reading the Shadow in Sam...haunting photograph (Fig. 1) from the 1976 Soweto Uprisings in South Africa is often referred...thirtieth anniversary in June 2006. THE DAY SOWETO WAS SHAKEN June 16, 1976 is often referred...

Did Black Literacy Rise after Soweto?: Public Problems and Ethnic Archipelagos in South Africa
Journal article by Bruce Fuller, Xiaoya Liang, Haiya Hua; International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Vol. 37, 1996
Subjects:	Africans--Education, Ethnic relations--South Africa, Literacy--Political aspects, Soweto, South Africa--Social aspects
Did black literacy rise after Soweto?: public problems and ethnic archipelagos...South Africa, the period following the Soweto uprising when the apartheid regime moved...promise to expand basic education after Soweto. The earlier paper in this volume by...

Clive Glaser, Bo-Tsotsi: The Youth Gangs of Soweto, 1935-1976
Journal article by Ineke Van Kessel; Africa, Vol. 74, 2004
Subjects:	Bo-Tsotsi: The Youth Gangs Of Soweto, 1935-1976 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Glaser, Bo-Tsotsi: The Youth Gangs of Soweto, 1935-1976. by Ineke Van Kessel CLIVE GLASER, Bo-Tsotsi: the youth gangs of Soweto, 1935-1976. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann...successive generations of youth gangs in Soweto makes it clear that South African society...

Pharmacists' Knowledge and Perceptions of Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Soweto and the Johannesburg Central Business District, South Africa
Journal article by Kelly Blanchard, Teresa Harrison, Mosala Sello; International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Vol. 31, 2005
Subjects:	Contraceptives, Postcoital--Surveys, Contraceptives, Postcoital--Usage, Health education--Forecasts and trends, Pharmacists--Surveys, Postcoital contraceptives--Surveys, Postcoital contraceptives--Usage
...Perceptions of Emergency Contraceptive Pills in Soweto and the Johannesburg Central Business...conducted with 34 pharmacists practicing in Soweto and the Johannesburg Central Business...conducted a census of all pharmacies in Soweto and the Johannesburg Central Business...

Ballad for Soweto
Journal article by Jan Carew; Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2008
Ballad for Soweto by Jan Carew Mandela, Mandela, young...abandoning dark caves of their lives in Soweto greeted the sunrise declaring for the...pride muralled the unfinished canvas of Soweto with blood and dauntless faces of the...

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Soweto Goes on the Tourist Map
Magazine article by Larry Luxner; African Business, May 2001
Subjects:	Soweto, South Africa--Description and travel, Tourism, Travel industry--Management
Soweto Goes on the Tourist Map. by Larry Luxner...be proud of. But the black township of Soweto - which for millions became synonymous with...glittering against a mountainous backdrop, Soweto has become a tourist attraction in its own...

Coming to Terms with the Past: Soweto, June 16th 1976: Gary Baines Explains That the ANC Government Has Institutionalized Memories of the Soweto Uprising in Its Efforts to Build a New National Identity in South Africa
Magazine article by Gary Baines; History Today, Vol. 56, June 2006
Subjects:	African National Congress--Political activity, Political parties--Political activity, Political parties--South Africa, South Africa. Bantu Authorities Act 1951, Soweto Uprising, 1976, Soweto, South Africa--History
Coming to Terms with the Past: Soweto, June 16th 1976: Gary Baines Explains...Has Institutionalized Memories of the Soweto Uprising in Its Efforts to Build a New...on a mass march of school students from Soweto, a township southwest of Johannesburg...

The Global Backlash: You Think You Know This Story. You Don't. in a Journey from Soweto to Papua to Mexico, Paul Kingsnorth Saw a Revolution in the Making, Bigger Than Most People Suspect.
Magazine article by Paul Kingsnorth; New Statesman, Vol. 132, April 28, 2003
Subjects:	Anti-globalization movement, International economic integration--Social aspects, Soweto, South Africa
...this story. You dont. In a journey from Soweto to Papua to Mexico, Paul Kingsnorth saw...I was sitting in Pimville library in Soweto among a sea of people. Most of them were...colours: red, inscribed with the words "Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee"; or yellow...

South Africa: Apartheid Legacy Difficult to Shift; on the 30th Anniversary of the Soweto Student Uprising, Kgomotso Nyanto Reports from Johannesburg That Not Much Has Changed on the Education Front 12 Years after the Demise of Apartheid
Magazine article by Kgomotso Nyanto; New African, July 2006
Subjects:	Apartheid--Educational aspects, Apartheid--History, Education--Forecasts and trends, Education--Standards, Educational standards--Forecasts and trends, South Africa--Education policy, South Africa--History
...Shift; on the 30th Anniversary of the Soweto Student Uprising, Kgomotso Nyanto Reports...Kgomotso Nyanto The 30th anniversary of the Soweto uprising on 16 June was preceded by several...of the murderous apartheid police. In Soweto, he has a special monument in his memory...

Soweto Day Ceremony Held on 16 June, Marking Eleventh Anniversary of Massacre
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, August 1987
Subjects:	Anti-apartheid movements--Rites and ceremonies, South Africa--Race relations
Soweto Day ceremony held on 16 June, marking eleventh anniversary of massacre. "Soweto Day--the International Day of Solidarity with...minute of silence in memory of the victims of Soweto and all other victims of apartheid, as well...

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The Football-Mad Kids of Soweto Who Hope the World Cup Will Be Life-Changing
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 2, 2009
Subjects:	Professional soccer
The Football-Mad Kids of Soweto Who Hope the World Cup Will Be Life...of the OPS Shining Stars in the SAB Soweto Premier League. Other teams use it...the highway that heads deeper into Soweto. One kid lay on a rusting heavy roller...

Culture: Kinch Gets Flyover Show on the Road; Music Soweto Kinch Tells Terry Grimley Why the Hockley Flyover Is the Ideal Place to Showcase the Best of Britain's and Birmingham's Urban Culture
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 30, 2008
Subjects:	Rap singers
...Gets Flyover Show on the Road; Music Soweto Kinch Tells Terry Grimley Why the Hockley...Urban Culture. Byline: Terry Grimley Soweto Kinch will finally get to realise a long...local people to see art for themselves," Soweto says. "All the people on the roster...

A Sign of the Times; Saxophonist and Rapper Soweto Kinch Talks to Peter Bacon about His Latest Album, the New Emancipation
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), December 2, 2010
Subjects:	Rap singers
...of the Times; Saxophonist and Rapper Soweto Kinch Talks to Peter Bacon about His Latest...Bacon Iguess we could have predicted that Soweto Kinch would have some interesting things...itself of independence of production. Soweto explains: "The New Emancipation is my...

Ryan Giggs in Soweto; Exclusive Manchester United Star's Mission to Aids-Ravaged South Africa
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), August 3, 2006
Ryan Giggs in Soweto; Exclusive Manchester United Stars Mission...inspiring bond with the penniless people of Soweto. A pre-season tour of South Africa...check for Giggs and Kieran Richardson -in Soweto to see a Unicef project tackling the spread...

Gospel According to Soweto
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 25, 2006
Gospel According to Soweto. Byline: By KAREN PRICE Western Mail The internationally-acclaimed Soweto Gospel Choir will be performing two concerts...many churches and communities in and around Soweto, the choir performs a programme of traditional...

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encyclopedia articles on: Soweto - 7 results

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Soweto
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOWETO acronym for south-west townships, city...km) SW of Johannesburg , South Africa. Soweto grew as black workers came to the industrialized...townships inhabited by blacks. In 1976, Soweto was the scene of a massive uprising that...

Tlali, Miriam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Johannesburg. One of the first to write about Soweto , Tlali is known for her semiautobiographical...stories, Footprints in the Quag (1989), about Soweto. She writes a column, "Soweto Speaking," for Staffrider, a radical arts journal...

Johannesburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...racial groups were once restricted to separate residential areas; most blacks still live in Soweto . Formerly a group of townships southwest of the city, Soweto became an independent city in 1983. Rand Afrikaans Univ. (1966), the Univ. of the...

South Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...In 1976, open rebellion erupted in the black township of Soweto near Johannesburg as a protest against the requirement of the...wave of strikes and riots marked the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising in 1987. In 1989, President Botha fell ill and was...

Vorster, Balthazar Johannes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Africas independence. He invaded Angola to protect South West Africa (now Namibia ) and internally he harshly suppressed the Soweto uprisings in 1976. Vorster also granted "independence" to Transkei as a first step in apartheids "separate development...

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