Sophiatown Flashcards
What is a contradiction?
Two opposites that are both true at the same time
The Group areas act of _____ determined where people could live based on their race. Any black found living in a white area had to be _______ to a new area set aside for black occupation. White people were allowed to live in the most ______ and ______ parts of South Africa. Suburbs for whites were nearer to the _____ parts of the cities.
1950 Removed Attractive Valuable Business
Where was Sophiatown?
Near the centre of the city of Johannesburg.
What was Sophiatown before removals?
A racially mixed suburb that was home to about 70 000 people, most of them Africans.
Parts of Sophiatown were a ____ and it’s residents were aware of that.
Slum
What was Sophiatown a suburb of contradictions?
On the one hand, it was filthy and overcrowded. On the other hand it was home to a developing urban black culture. It was vibrant, full of activity and excitement.
Who was Trevor Huddlestone?
A priest of Sophiatown’s Anglican Church of Christ the King from 1943-1955
What did the apartheid government planning?
The destruction of Sophiatown and for the removal of its residents.
What did the ANC lead?
An anti removal campaign. It held public rallies which attracted a lot of people who chanted ons dak nie ons phola hier
What happened in 1955?
2000 policeman armed with weapons began to move the community of Sophiatown out of their homes.
Where were each race moved to?
Africans = Meadowlands Coloreds= Eldorado Park Chinese= Central Johannesburg Indians= Lenasia
