“Soweto – no more the ‘ghetto’” – 1999 / 2000

A 56 min documentary on Soweto past & present. Soweto – estimated population – some 4 million people. Once apartheid ‘ghetto’ serving the labour requirements of Johannesburg & the goldfields – today, a vibrant urban fusion of indigenous African subcultures. Washed by the tides of Western cultural influence – Soweto nevertheless maintains its own identity […]

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