Soweto

Soweto ni sehemu ya jiji la  Johannesburg, Afrika Kusini. 

Jina hilo ni kifupi cha Southwestern townships yaani "mapambizo ya kusini-magharibi". Hayo yalianzishwa wakati wa apartheid kama makazi ya Waafrika pekee, na kwa hiyo yalitazamwa kuwa "mapambizo meusi" ya Johannesburg. 

Kati ya miaka 1983 na 2002 Soweto ilikuwa manisipaa ya pekee, baadaye imekuwa tena sehemu ya jiji la Johannesburg.

Wakati wa sensa ya mwaka 2008 idadi ya wakazi ilikuwa milioni 1.3  na hii inalingana na theluthi moja ya wakazi wote wa jiji hilo.

Ndani ya Soweto kuna vitongoji mbalimbali, idadi inatajwa mara kuwa 29Soweto, tovuti ya saweb.co.za, iliangaliwa Septemba 2019, mara 34. Kati yake, vingine ni maeneo maskini sana, hata mitaa ya vibanda; vingine vina nyumba nzuri.

Soweto ilikuwa kitovu cha upinzani wa wanafunzi dhidi ya apartheid kwenye mwaka 1976.

Tanbihi

Kujisomea




 Harrison, Philip, and Kirsten Harrison (2014) “Soweto: A Study in Socio-Spatial Differentiation.” In Philip Harrison, Graeme Gotz, Alison Todes, and Chris Wray (eds) Changing Space, Changing City: Johannesburg after Apartheid, Johannesburg: Wits University Press, pp 293–318. https://doi.org/10.18772/22014107656.19 




 French, Kevin John, James Mpanza and the Sofasonke Party in the development of local politic in Soweto, unpublished M.A. dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1983.

Viungo vya Nje

 Soweto uprisings.com, an extensive map mashup with info on the events on 16
 Senator for Illinois, Barack Obama, at the Hector Pieterson Museum in August 2006 
 Guardian Unlimited audio recording of Antoinette Sithole on the Soweto uprising 
 Soweto Uprising (2007) at the Internet Archive
 BBC video of the Soweto uprisings

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